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I get many publications included, and some magazines, and over time it learns what stories I like and surfaces those more often.", "context": "", "use_case": "News reading subscription", "switched_from": "", "story": "Micropayments as a reality check for news sites"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 765668017, "item_id": 47854251, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47854251", "by": "Lammy", "date": "2026-04-21", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "Activate your Apple News+ free trial!!!", "excerpt": "My screenshots directory says you are wrong: https://i.ibb.co/cKjL8qcG/Screenshot-2025-02-18-at-09-07-06.png My last (and first, and only) iPhone was even worse. At one point the Settings app had no fewer than three paid-service nags at the top that I had to scroll through to even get to the first actual setting. Storage almost full: enable iCloud Backup! Try Apple Music, first month free!! 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You would be correct, but...and I say this as a subscriber to Apple's \"all-in-one\" package...Apple News+ is in many ways garbage. Low-rent articles from publications whose time has long passed (looking at you, Popular Mechanics), with Taboola-grade ads interspersed (as Gruber said recently, how many 30-something blonde women need hearing aids?). That said, stay away from the front page and go ", "context": "Apple One subscriber", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "'Your Frustration Is the Product'"}, {"id": 753277168, "item_id": 47079823, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47079823", "by": "1659447091", "date": "2026-02-19", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Apple News+ is ~$13", "excerpt": "> What I _would _do is pay a flat fee to subscribe to several publications. Apple News+ is ~$13 https://www.apple.com/apple-news/ The list of publications included https://www.apple.com/apple-news/publications/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Micropayments as a reality check for news sites"}, {"id": 753262128, "item_id": 47078883, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47078883", "by": "nikole9696", "date": "2026-02-19", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Apple News+ for exactly this reason.", "excerpt": "Anecdata: I use Apple News+ for exactly this reason. 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I hate that I'm supporting something that is this bad, and the quantity of ads is the main factor - not only am I a paying customer, it's still filled with the worst kind of promoted 'content'.", "context": "paying family subscriber", "use_case": "news subscription", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Now Assume That All Ads on Apple News Are Scams"}]}