Pet peeves

[bubbalou32]

As an old timer, I still enjoy reading a newspaper but delivery issues and costs have ended that. So I've turned to online news but noticed that many of the national news sites have reverted to paywalls. Even Google news links have gotten worse. I have found a workaround that works on most of the sites.
The local news channels are so loaded with ads that I lose patience waiting for them to load. And then the clickbait slideshow sites - who has time for that?

Your imput?

 

[Rat2chat2]

I find it hard to believe that newspapers are still in publication. I prefer reading the majority of my news on my phone through a news app called SmartNews. I have also used their website on my laptop. Many options to customize what you are interested in reading or just how depressed you want to be. Good luck to you with finding a newspaper alternative. There are so many available now and I am sure others will have suggestions also.

SmartNews - Discover your world every day

 

[bubbalou32]

I appreciate the link but this appears to be a site for links to other news sites, half of which are paywalled.

 

[Rat2chat2]

Oops. Sorry. There is a SmartNews app on the Play Store. It is a free app. I never pay for anything I can get for free.

 

[borno]

newsmax

 

[Max Power]

As an old timer, I still enjoy reading a newspaper but delivery issues and costs have ended that. So I've turned to online news but noticed that many of the national news sites have reverted to paywalls. Even Google news links have gotten worse. I have found a workaround that works on most of the sites.
The local news channels are so loaded with ads that I lose patience waiting for them to load. And then the clickbait slideshow sites - who has time for that?

Your imput?

Yup, I share your annoyance. I use apple news, and even they have lots of paid content. The only good news is they tell you up front what is behind a paywall. Google is really annoying since they don’t tell you until you have opened the link. I unfortunately don’t have any suggestions for you, I guess news organizations need to make money.

 

[CMD-Ky]

uBlockOrigen, cuts out most of the ads, makes life somewhat more pleasant. I can't find much news, as in who, what where, when, how. What i find is some yoyo's interpretation of events. I am yoyo enough to do my own interpreting. FOX News has a nice slogan, too bad they don't live it.

uBlock Origin - Free, open-source ad content blocker.

 

[zoiDman]

As an old timer, I still enjoy reading a newspaper but delivery issues and costs have ended that. So I've turned to online news but noticed that many of the national news sites have reverted to paywalls. Even Google news links have gotten worse. I have found a workaround that works on most of the sites.
The local news channels are so loaded with ads that I lose patience waiting for them to load. And then the clickbait slideshow sites - who has time for that?

Your imput?

As CMD-Ky mentioned, a Good Ad Blocking program can really help.

I've used Adblock Plus in Chrome for years. Couldn't Imagine not using it or something similar.

Adblock Plus - free ad blocker