FOX 13 Tampa: News & Alerts Negative Reviews

FOX 13 Tampa: News & Alerts App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

FOX 13 Tampa: News & Alerts app received 13 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using FOX 13 Tampa: News & Alerts? Can you share your negative thoughts about fox 13 tampa: news & alerts?

FOX 13 Tampa: News & Alerts for Negative User Reviews

✓ Hate The New FormatThe old format was a lot better. The story selection page was easy to browse through, and it had an unlimited history, allowing me to catch up if I had missed a few days. It also categorized stories. New format is useless eye candy. Story thumbnails are way too big. History of past stories is cut to maybe 1/10th of what it used to be. Stories are no longer categorized. This is like publishing a one page newspaper (when it used to be 20 pages) - reducing the news to a few, dumbed down, chaotically-organized short articles when the articles used to be well ordered and in depth. After years & years of using Fox 13, I'll have to switch to one of the other local channels, because your news is no longer informing me..Steve Rogers 1978iiVersion: 5.6.6

✓ Lousy cover pageI think your cover page of upcoming stories this terrible with a little narrow photographs I like the way you had it before was much better.Jack f wwwVersion: 4.3.4500

✓ App Always CrashesI try to watch the live news through this App. It always crashes with a message that says server error. This has been doing this for months. I am giving up. And even more annoying the same ad plays over and over. (Morgan and Morgan law firm). I do not mind ads but there needs to be a variety. And this particular ad is super annoying. I like the Fox News broadcast but unfortunately this is not a way to be able to watch it..Working Mom99Version: 5.24.0

✓ 20 straight minutes of ads.I tried to watch the Live broadcast. I counted 12 Toyota of Wesley Chapel commercials (some of them back to back), 4 Winters and Yonker commercials and various restaurant ads (Bon Appetit stands out the most). I waited and waited and waited and waited watching ad after ad bouncing back and forth between the “we’ll be right back” screen and finally couldn’t take any more. I fully understand that free content needs to be paid for somehow, but this was downright obnoxious. My husband and I just sat in amazement. This has got to be some sort of record so at least the folks at Fox 13 have that going for them..JDoctoberVersion: 5.14.0

✓ Ads to annoy you to deathFox13 is my go-to for local news in the Tampa Bay Area. I would give this one star only, were it not for the quality reporting and coverage. The problem, and it’s one that is driving me away - despite the great content, is the way they needle you with the ads. I realize that advertising is necessary for unpaid content, but the way it is done here is to annoy you to death! The ad pops up and the “close” X is at one corner of the screen. You go to close it and it pops over to an alternate corner of the screen. It’s as though the ads were designed to do nothing more than to discourage you from using the otherwise good app..Meandyou7Version: 4.3.5201

✓ Flipping pictures to a stupid raffle!The advertising is worse than the broadcast advertising. I’ve been avoiding this site and using other sites. I find Paul very condescending. He’ll never have the IQ of most of the 13 audience and he’ll never be a Roy or anybody else. Send him back to the nor’easter country, maybe they can relate. The AM team is awesome, as well as most of the news team. Weather group has challenges..Smarter then wether teamVersion: 5.38.0

✓ Poor sports coverageTampa is a great sports town and I wish this app would make more of an effort to cover its teams. You must find sports in the “outline” section of the app and when you do the articles are days or weeks old. For example, I had to go to ESPN to find out how the lightning did. The last article for the lighting was days ago in this app. Disappointing!.No hockey for Jim?Version: 5.30.0

✓ The Fox 13 NewsI watch Fox channels news where ever I happen to be. I have been very disappointed in this one in Tampa as it should be called Charleys World and Weather Channel. I get more news on the other channels here than I get watching this channel. We have so many cooking channels watching him go to all these places would no be so bad if it wasnt the main body of the show. Way too much time wasted. So, just wanted to let you know how I feel, and I know a few others who have also stopped watching your news for the same reasons. We want the news from Tampa areas all of it, not just the bad stuff, but how about some good news. Yes,I know you bring in the animals that need homes, but there just has to be more. Maybe you should see what other Fox channels around the states do it. We thought you were the best source for news in Arizona, Florida, Nevada, Hawaii, New York and more that I don't remember. Since I like to watch the news I have now switched to. 10+ Tampa Bay as they actually give you the news reports. We have noticed that you are no longer a Conservative Channel so I just wanted to say good bye and tell you why you are losing some people..HavasuoneVersion: 5.47.0

✓ Too many adds and hidden popupsUsing the app to see the latest hurricane update so I tap on the current radar feed at 5:30 in the morning and a blaring ad comes up first. It takes several seconds before it can be silenced. Too late as the voice from the add has already woken my wife. So be very leery with this app - it brings up lots of advertisements - and they are not all silent!.WsLoyalReader222Version: 4.3.5201

✓ Links in articles don’t work. Please fix this!I read up on the news every day with this App but the blue underlined links in the articles do not work. Nothing happens when you tap either the underlined words in the article or the “Related:” links throughout. This is very frustrating when I want to go to that other article for more information and can’t..Eeg927Version: 5.40.5

✓ Old view betterHate that I can’t easily find the weather radar. I used that part of this site more than anything Loved being able to see each of the counties as well as the state. But now I click on weather and can’t find anything for upcoming weather views other than earlier forecasts..TownefamVersion: 5.32.0

✓ Pop up AdsI would easily given 5 stars plus except for the ANNOYING POP UP ADS with sound!!! The ads ate annoying enough, but the ones with music or sound are RUDE!!!! I had one go off in a meeting when I was just checking the news and then boom, with no warning an ad went off. I understand the revenue ads bring in, but when it interrupts the user of the app that’s when the ads become more important to Fox13 than the user!!! Fox 13 had a great news app until it was ruined by greedy advertisers pop up ads with sound, plus you have to wait for an option to X out of the ad!!! I’m not sure if it’s worth keeping the app...I’m on the fence about getting rid of the app!! I have other news apps and NONE, as of yet, have added these annoying ads with sound..... Too bad Fox13....you had a great thing going.....but not any more!!!.Ex Fox13 fanVersion: 4.3.4500

✓ Not synced with push notificationsWill get push notifications about important local headlines but when you tap into it, more often than not you are not taken to the headline you just got pushed. You get taken to the home page which doesn’t even have the news just pushed. “Live coverage” is often hours behind. Today for example it is giving me coverage that is 3 hours behind, when the governor is making important COVID-19 announcements, the apps home page is not listing them, or giving the actual live broadcast. Incredibly frustrating..SamuelBrewer42Version: 5.12.1

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