Apple News+ subscription growth blows away major media sites

Apple News+ subscription growth is wildly outpacing that of major new websites, which are increasingly using the service as a lifeline.

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I love my News+ subscription. Lots of great things to read and no clutter.
- It bothers me that they show ads in the news app for news+ subscribers
  
  Yeah definitely not ideal. I wish it was clean with 0 ads.
  
  That’s why I stopped paying them for it. I still use it, I’ll still look at their ads. But not both.
News++ is great but I don’t know if I’d subscribe to it outside of the fact it’s included in the bundle
Is it a paid subscription? I think i might know the answer, but I'll ask anyway
- Yes. And most people end up with it in a bundle.
Paying for news? lol
- What's wrong with that? You either buy a product or are a product.
  
  @misk @yesman also you get three options: pay for news, get predatory ads and unreadable websites, or state funded media
  
  Scummy fourth option is Adblock
  
  What I’ve noticed that happened in Brazil is that most major news channels have 2 websites: a subscription one with quality articles and a free one with very summarized AI lazily written news with no details or context.
  
  There’s really not much to it, quality content needs money and ads don’t pay off for all of it (besides the fact nowadays people just blocks them).
  
  npr and associated press are free and not for profit.

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