Anything that Apple might get you to pay for Apple doesn't want you to be able to hide. Can't hide iTunes, can't hide app store, can't hide newsstand.
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Newsstand - what's the point?
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Anything that Apple might get you to pay for Apple doesn't want you to be able to hide. Can't hide iTunes, can't hide app store, can't hide newsstand.
I think you are right but at least iTunes and the App Store I can put in a folder out of the way.
iTunes: Settings -> General -> Restrictions -> iTunes -> Off
App Store: Settings -> General -> Restrictions -> Installing Apps -> Off
Frankly, Apple should let users hide just about everything pre-installed (except Settings). And since both apps can be moved to a folder (and still retain functionality), they may not be nearly as annoying as Newsstand.
That said, I still standby my original view that Newsstand can be useful if the store exposes subscription pricing information and provide issue/subscription management.
All the games should also be managed by Game Center IMO, although it too, need major revamping.
I have learned of some news first via my iPhone thanks to the ny times push updates but I've tried finding more newspapers and there wasnt really anything else. It seems most require an iPad. Not sure why newsstand is included on the phone if that's the case
Oh I did forget about hiding it via restrictions. Of course that doesn't do me any good if I want to squeeze those last few megabytes of storage out of my device.
+1 to game center. Needs a revamping; Apple should move towards this. Almost like a mobile Xbox Live with widespread support.
So, as of right now is there no way to turn this off? I am positive I will NEVER use Newstand, so for me it's a waste of Springboard space. Is there a Jailbreak tweak for this? I hope that's coming.
If you're not using Newsstand, there's a possibility you're not reading the New Yorker every week. If you're not reading the New Yorker every week, you goddamn should be, so I'm glad newsstand is there to facilitate this.
Explain how turning the New York Times from '1 tap' into '2 taps' makes it easier to read.
Thanks.
Ok, thanks. Point still stands: If it's in Newsstand it's one extra tap away. How does that make me MORE likely to read it, as he postulates? I don't have an answer.
LOL well right, but I am assuming for The New Yorker there wasn't an app...not sure.
I do "The Newstand" annoying because I won't be subscribing to any of them, and if you do, only subscribe to 1 or 2 periodicals, that having apps outside of the newstand would be nice...and if you want to put them in a folder that could be up to you.
Facilitate it??? I'm a New Yorker subscriber. Now Newsstand has kidnapped my New Yorker app and placed it in Newsstand. It provides NO additional functionality. And not only can I not remove it from Newsstand, I cannot get Newsstand to understand that I've already downloaded the latest issue. It continues to tell me I have an issue ready to download five days after it was downloaded.
Newsstand is nothing but Apple's version of Publishers Clearing House. All it lacks is a sweepstakes. A worthless advertising app forced on my iPad 2.
Us guys, us girls, us classy, dashing, well-dressed New Yorker readers, yeah, we're suffering a little inconvenience. But hey, we're also charitable, and surely we'd all agree that we'd be willing to take a small personal irritant if it contributed to a greater good?
And it does contribute to a greater good. Just think, after a year of newsstand, we might see an end to cultural ignorance. We might see an end to a world where the new Kelly Clarkson gets 500 reviews on Amazon, but a new translation of Aristotle's Ethics gets nothing. We might even find ourselves in a world that remembers how to find love through intellectual discourse, not war.
We could slow down the nuclear arms race, stop terrorism and world hunger. We have to provide food and shelter for the homeless, and oppose racial discrimination and promote civil rights, while also promoting equal rights for women. We have to encourage a return to traditional moral values. Most importantly, we have to promote general social concern and less materialism in young people.
It's time for New Yorker readers to step up for the sake of their less-informed brothers. We'll take this extra tap, this single gesture, this scratch of our finger, that interrupts our routine. We'll accept it because we know it might help others. That's how fantastic we are as individuals.
New Yorker Readers. We're better than you, and we know it.
And it does contribute to a greater good. Just think, after a year of newsstand, we might see an end to cultural ignorance. We might see an end to a world where the new Kelly Clarkson gets 500 reviews on Amazon, but a new translation of Aristotle's Ethics gets nothing. We might even find ourselves in a world that remembers how to find love through intellectual discourse, not war.
We could slow down the nuclear arms race, stop terrorism and world hunger. We have to provide food and shelter for the homeless, and oppose racial discrimination and promote civil rights, while also promoting equal rights for women. We have to encourage a return to traditional moral values. Most importantly, we have to promote general social concern and less materialism in young people.
It's time for New Yorker readers to step up for the sake of their less-informed brothers. We'll take this extra tap, this single gesture, this scratch of our finger, that interrupts our routine. We'll accept it because we know it might help others. That's how fantastic we are as individuals.
New Yorker Readers. We're better than you, and we know it.