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The Guardian - Live World News App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Still the bestAs the UK paper and television appears to veer even further away from anything controversial or data driven, The Guardian remains the best available though even here some stories appear downplayed. One gripe - we subscribe every month but the app refuses to recognise this and several queries have gone unanswered The above are my old reviews. Since then I have run out of patience with this clunky app and the inability to contact anyone human to address problems. I have donated monthly to the Guardian for years. Attempts to get this turned into a formal subscription failed so I stopped donating and instead subscribed. However I still get incessant advertisements asking me to subscribe (when I already do) and my wife cannot read articles because the app only seems to recognise my phone. Again it seems impossible to contact anyone about this. While I am a huge fan of Guardian journalism I think there is a fair chance I won’t renew my subscription because of the above problems..Version: 11.39
✓ Another mainstream media paperAnyone reading this paper needs to bear in mind that ultimately, its reports on international events and opinions are biased. While it has stated its independence, it is not truly independent in anyway safe for perhaps requesting for finance from the readers. Often than not, you will notice that opinions on China and the wars always follow western governments’ narratives that you get from all the others. I recommend all readers to be very skeptical of the opinions and reports from the Guardian..Version: 11.23
✓ Good newspaper but poor moderationThe guardian broke some massive stories in recent years such Snowdon papers. It does have a good range of articles in its comments pages. However it does feel at time like its trying a bit hard to be London yoga crowd pleasers in its lifestyle stuff. However the thing that bugs me the most is the very poor moderators. In comments pages a very poorly and inconsistent policed. Certain comments issues such as Israel/ Palestine as just bizarrely censured. Careful and balance criticism are deleted but factually inaccurate and angry almost aggressive criticism left up. I would like to say it was just or once or twice I’ve seen it but happens time and again. It’s not even stuff that could be libellous. You cant say it has a bias pro or against it is just totally inconsistent even minute to minute on the same article. You have one comment unfairly deleted the find you can’t comment on the article again even if it’s a completely different point. It has also happened to a couple of my friends on different topics. None were making unpleasant/ nasty or factual dodgy comments. They either should just close the comments or at least have some quality control on their dreadful moderators..Version: 7.0
✓ StunningAll I really need from the Guardian app is good offline capability for flights. It's very poor - it doesn't download anything more than the visible articles on the homepage, and even if (before take-off) I open a section to scroll through a few dozen items, it doesn't store any of that content - only the articles on the home page. It used to store everything I scrolled through. There ought to be a single button to download X articles from every section, immediately before going offline - the user could choose how many (10,20,50,100 etc.) Additionally sections on the homepage should be collapsible (and stay collapsed or expanded as they were left) rather than permanently expanded - to save on data and to hide sections the user might be only occasionally interested in..Version: 6.8
✓ Hadley Freeman’s new bookA few weeks ago it was a recommendation of Hadley Freeman’s ‘The House of Glass’. I always enjoy her articles so I ordered it from The Guardian Bookshop and finished it yesterday. What a wonderful magnificent achievement, beautifully written, bringing to life three generations of her family over 100 years into the end of the 19th century starting from a small village in Galicia to Germany, France, Italy, Austria, back again to Germany to be slaughtered in the gas chambers, and others escaping to Britain and America. Tragedy after tragedy, bravery, extreme sorrow, amazing achievements - all revealed to honour a family violated by pernicious ignorance and the brutality of antisemitism and the ignorant scapegoating of Innocent Jewish men, women and children. What an incredible memorial for Hadley’s family members and a reminder to all of us that antisemitism is still alive today. We all need reminding that we need to know and own our past and to seek to work with one another for the good of all. Thank you Hadley and thank you The Guardian for all you do to shine light onto the darkness and lack of empathy that surrounds so much of what is happening around us in the world today. I fear for our children and the challenges ahead. We need you to survive. John Pulford PS. In my 89th year. at.Version: 8.22
✓ Suddenly TabloidThe Guardian has always been one of my most relied upon news sources. The journalism is ethical, balanced, and well researched. They cover stories that matter, on a global scale, and I’ve always perceived them as justice-oriented— until recently. The bitter and scathing coverage of Prince Harry has been honestly shocking. The publication I have always regarded as a legitimate outfit seems to be no better than tabloid trash, attacking the Sussexes for simply telling their story. Guardian, get back to real news. And when you do human interest stories, show your customary humanity, instead of this new viciousness. Your loyalty should be to journalism — not the British monarchy. All you’re doing is showing that all of Prince Harry’s assertions about the British press are legitimate..Version: 11.24
✓ Bait and SwitchBefore buying a subscription to the Guardian through the app, please be aware that your payment will not apply to a membership for the Guardian website. After buying a 6 month subscription through the app, I was still showing as not having an account when I logged into the site. After contacting the Guardian, this is what they told me: “Thank you for your message to The Guardian regarding signing in to our website with your app store subscription. Unfortunately as you have subscribed through iTunes this means The Guardian does not hold any details regarding your account. Although it is The Guardian's App, Apple holds all of your account data and we at The Guardian do not have access to it. As a result your subscription will regrettably not allow you the ability to login to our website as it is not part of our agreement with them.” None of the details in the above message appear anywhere in the App Store, the application, or advertisements for membership in the Guardian app. I like the reporting. I like the content. I don’t like these deceptive business practices.Version: 8.27
✓ Bias in reportingYour extreme hatred for the Royal Family and coverage these past few months has made me lose faith in your ability to provide any kind of balanced journalism. What other biases are present that as yet undetected by myself and others? Your reporting on the coronation is like Fox News or some other pseudo-news organization. It tarnished your whole image..Version: 11.33
✓ Can afford one subscription in our household.The level of advertising makes the Guardian unreadable unless you subscribe. I’m my household we can afford one subscription. Which I agreed my spouse will have. If I subscribed to the Age we would get one newspaper we could all read. I like the Guardian's approach to journalism but now can’t easily read it. I’m disabled and my recourses are limited. So thanks Guardian. You've become elitist and discriminatory as demonstrated by your actions. Moving advertisements flashing across the screen make it nearly impossible for me to read. Your stated objective of reaching as many readers as possible is simply not the truth. Disappointing..Version: 11.2
✓ FascistsI’ve tried many times to read the Guardian and although a Labour Party supporter, I find its constant running of articles accusing British Patriots of being Right Wing fascists to be incredibly boring. In talking to many people in different countries(I’m in New Zealand at the moment). The only people I find to be Fascists are the organisations who claim to fight against it! Their mantra seems to be, ‘If you disagree with us, you are a facist’. The suppression of Free Speech by these organisations is a real threat to Democracy..Version: 7.4
✓ I’m ambivalentI was sure the Guardian was politically independent but I was wrong, having read a few of “the Guardian’s view on Brexit” etc. And sad to say I find there’s a heavy remain dominance in the paper, to the degree that some writers almost appear to be ignorant of the referendum as an expression of what most people think, experience and hope for. However there are writers I do enjoy very much reading, and my favourite by far is John Grace, whose sharp and witty comments make me laugh out loud and realise what a silly quagmire we’re in. Nevertheless, few Guardian writers seem to ponder much about the question whether the divisions in the UK might have been present a long long time before the referendum, rather than being a result of it. Although to be fair, a few do write incisively about the underlying problems in this country, most of all the poverty and powerlessness among common people, which seems to be wilfully created and upheld by the self-righteous ruling class..Version: 7.13
✓ The Guardian is no longer caring for its readershipGuardian along with Truth Out is how we now old hippies got our new on-line news after the 1968 news black-out in this country, still in effect … but think I need to stop my tiny monthly contribution to The Guardian as it’s now demanding a $10 monthly subscription to its commentary on the news… seems like the only way to get actual news these daze is from people one has met in traveling the world… haven’t been able to buy what’s left of the London Sunday Times in this country since the 9-11 disaster… Obviously the Guardian like everyone else wants more money, but for us old retirees… Too sad, too bad, is this good-bye? Even the last of the NYTimes still allows one a deeply discounted rate for actual digital news apart from what Apple & the GAGgle dish out… hometown paper won’t anymore… have to continue to rely on younger friends - helps to have a diverse lot… 👁️ 💧 -alk salmon.Version: 11.24
✓ The pages are difficult to readThe design is cramped. It's like buying coffee in an American supermarket. Hard to concentrate. The font is too small. There is little variety. It's always the same people writing about the same things, and basically saying the same thing over and over again. I feel like you have gone overboard with using color. It reduces the gravitas of the site. Try to organize the site into "interest groups." Politics, culture, art, Tories, Labour, and then have sections for England, Wales, N Ireland, EU, the US, etc. The current mish-mash style is confusing and annoying. Try not to keep popping up every minute with asking for donations. It's annoying and counter-productive. I think you can do better if you have guest writers every week. Every article I read is thrown in my face with a running total to "contribute." When you resort to this kind of vile guilt trips, then it's not really going to be a contribution, is it? Stop harassing your readers. If free access is a problem for you, don't make a option. There are thousands of other free sites one could access if one doesn't want to pay for your subscription..Version: 11.37
✓ Mostly good content - Millennial, bad grammar, inconsistentThe left-leaning content is mostly good, well researched, timely, and objective — except when it’s not. Sometimes it’s just an overly casual, overly politically correct, style-over-substance, “live”, un-edited, mish-mash written by people who seem like they should know better and who are very sure they know what’s best for everyone. When it comes to grammar they’re a law unto themselves, ignoring conventions because they know better than all of us over 40. They don’t know that “likely” and “probably” are two different words, and they think we’re in a commonwealth lead by a prime minister rather than a Commonwealth lead by a Prime Minister. It’s nit picking I know, but it’s relentless — day after day. I just get tired of being lectured to when all I want is the facts reported without pomposity and superiority, and without incessant, deliberate grammatical errors because “that’s our style”. Ah. Coffee time... while I read The Guardian! (It’s better than the alternatives!).Version: 8.41
✓ Could do betterBy not allowing comments on articles you have missed the point of what a reader wants from an on-line paper - the chance to engage with the virtual world and express opinions and contribute to the debate. Personally, I don’t comment but I like reading what others have to say. It can be lively, informative and challenging and makes you feel engaged with what you are reading. That is important as we are all drowning in the 24-hour news cycle and your mind just switches off. I know you allow comments on some pieces, but they are too few to make a difference. For the record I subscribe to the Times - my husband reads the paper version and I read the on-line version. They allow comments and, of course, have a moderator. Maybe you feel that would be a waste of precious resources - I feel it would be worth it. Unfortunately, I feel your on-line editions have the effect of closing the debate, something I do not feel comfortable with..Version: 8.36
✓ General points.The paper is important and it’s investigative journalism is essential. However, sometimes I wish for greater critical analysis and factual information. Occasionally an item will not reveal anything and not ‘assert’ it’s significance. Sometimes I’d like more wit and sometimes I’d wish for it to be a little more cosmopolitan in its views-it feels far too Brit White centric. In recent times my two bones of contention have been the lack of rigorous critical examination of GMO foodstuffs-the Guardian seems to have taken a dangerous position in my opinion and the recent uncritical examination of the ‘Corbyn bashing’ does my head in and I would not necessarily call myself a Corbyn supporter and significantly for these reasons I would not donate. I wish also that the dots would be joined between most political action and the environment-journalism can’t afford to be reductionist we need more wholistic thinking-George Monbiot is capable of doing this. Anyway best wishes to staff-the paper is often my first port of call for news..Version: 6.7
✓ Biased as they comeThis newspaper is shamefully biased and never fails to not report what’s going on in Palestine and the genocide and oppression being committed by Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF). If you want the truth, you’d better get it from TikTok and see the “clashes” between Palestinians and IOF. The fact is, the IOF provoke such reactions by kidnapping and arresting, jailing and abusing Palestinian children and then that retaliation by Palestinians is reported as Militant action against peace loving Israelis who have in fact displaced the Palestinians from their land, homes, demolished schools and killed hundreds of Palestinian families. This newspaper is always pro-conservative and anti-Labour. I thought the whole point of the news and newspapers was to give a balanced viewpoint and not what the owner/editor wants people to read. I’m tired of much of the propaganda of British newspapers. There used to be a time when a wrong was discovered, the newspapers helped in exposing such things/people. Now, this paper is just a pro-conservative and Zionist mouthpiece..Version: 9.7
✓ Quality news, ugly new lookReally disappointed that I was forced to update the app to the “new look” Guardian. It is unappealing and far less user friendly. Whoever designed the new colour-scheme/logo etc should be fired. Still generally high(est?) quality reporting available. Some junk stories but mainly good work that can be trusted. But please fix the new interface! Yuck!.Version: 6.5
✓ Can’t payI can’t pay for a subscription now as I don’t have a job for last two years. You hassle me all the time. Won’t let me read. Ages ago I paid for a subscription but you then hassled me about not being subscribed but I had no idea about how to show I was subscribed as I’m just using the app you allowed to be downloaded. I had no idea what to do..Version: 10.40.1
✓ Poor UX, UI and IAGuardian team, I love The Guardian, I really love The Guardian. You app is making me hate using The Guardian. I get it, you want users to upgrade to premium, and so you give prominent call-outs to part of the experience non paid users have no access to. But placing the hamburger in the bottom right isn’t a natural pattern. And creating more prominence for premium features than the nav is ridiculous. Please fix the nav, it just creates such a poor experience. Once you’ve fixed the Nav can you take a deep look at IA. The visual information hierarchy places important stories on dark grey backgrounds, and further down the page less important stories on bright white. Red headlines aren’t accessible on grey. Then the interaction paradigm. Left and right are taken by your paid features. But hamburger opens a drawer on the left which is different. Put both paid features on the right and keep the left for Nav. Or find a new way to invoke paid features, don’t duplicate. Lastly can you fix the type ramp?? I counted 10+ weights and sizes. It’s really off-putting to the eye. If you fix all of this I promise I’ll pay, just give me visual calm , be organized, thoughtful and intentional about elements. Let the words and images sing..Version: 7.8
✓ Terrible for crosswordsI’m referring to the Australian edition. The news is fine. All the crosswords are British, which makes the cryptics impossible, unless you are deeply versed in historical and current domestic politics, culture, and sport. You wouldn’t find a crossword in a British paper with a cryptic reference to Doug Anthony being a Country Member so why would Australians commonly know which 1960s children’s TV host had the catch phrase “Blimey Winston” or who won the third division darts final three years running before appearing on I’m Strictly A Celebrity? I’d really like to see Australian clues, like Mungo used to make, if they need to use culturally exclusionary clues at all..Version: 8.48
✓ 5* App with 3* PrioritiesHistorically, the Guardian has been a Titan of both news and information. At first glance the outstanding reporting is mostly fair, unbiased and informative. That said and having used this app and the newspaper for several years it seem that their coverage priorities have shifted dramatically over the past 18 months. More and more the front page is dominated not by incredible journalism with a wide scope of articles focused on both British, European and worldwide events as was always your appeal - but by a seemingly ever-increasing obsession with the politics and news over in the grand old USA. Massively focusing leading articles and shear volume of column content on the ever outlandish actions of both their president and a public mood that seems to reflect the ramifications of such a man having a podium to preach from. Please consider altering your journalistic focus away from the reality show politics happening across the pond right now and allow us to be presented with more geographically relevant news within your fantastic app..Version: 8.41
✓ Some really irritating thingsJust keeps getting worse. Now constantly logs me out even though I've paid my subscription, with cumbersome login process to get back in. Guardian really needs to start listening to subscribers. It does everything it can think of to stop paying subscribers actually reading articles they've paid to read. The latest is when you're on one of their live feed pages. A pop-up will appear telling you that there is an update available and make it difficult to read the feed you were reading. The pop-up (in bright yellow - you can't miss it) will not budge until you give in, decide to lose your place in the feed, and go to the top again to read the update. When you have done this, scrolled back down, finally found the interesting bit you were reading when you were interrupted, you get another pop-up forcing you to do the same again. Come on Guardian, get this sorted, the pop-up should fade away after a couple of seconds and let your readers get on with reading. Another irritation is how often this app interrupts your reading to insist you rate how bad it is - hence this latest addition to my negative review. Seriously, if you want us to read your articles then let us do so without your needy, nagging interruptions!.Version: 11.28
✓ Sports spoilers need to endI used to subscribe to support the Guardian but will not do so again until they stop ruining sport with sports spoilers. It is hard to believe the mentality of a group that would splash even World Cup final scores before millions of people have had reasonable opportunity to watch the match. There is no logic to this behaviour - if we have already seen the game, it is not an attractive leading article. If we haven’t, ditto. Sports spoilers MUST be kept in the relevant section and with forewarning or the ability to avoid the sports section altogether. Depriving people of the opportunity to watch important sports without the result being thrown at them via a hijacked front page is outdated behaviour and completely out of place in today’s world. Such behaviour is from the era of live-only television sports and publishing yesterday’s news the following morning..Version: 11.38.1
✓ Credible news, frustrating app.Yes, the news content is mostly high quality and independent (With the exception of the “pass notes” article format which is mindless garbage pretending to be journalistic content) However, the app has become non-user centric and is bordering on tedious to use. For some reason, The Guardian have decided to remove airdrop as a feature from their apps, which makes sharing articles an excruciating, multi-step process of working around their decision to remove functionality for users. Then, when you exit back out from an article to the main content home page, instead of returning you where you left, it now places you somewhere else at random, so you have to scroll up and down to evaluate where you left off in order to continue reading. Compromised functionality like this is indicative of a lack of quality or user focused development, and paying for a subscription has changed from a rewarding activity to a putting up with the “best of what’s available”. Hopefully product development will pivot back to the consumer, but currently we’re still on a slow downhill path until user numbers drop and someone starts to question why..Version: 11.44
✓ Harsh design, solid reportingI’ve enjoyed The Guardian’s reporting over the last couple of years, but just as I considered paying the monthly subscription to support their work, the redesign occurred. The announcement touting their new tabloid look was off-putting, and the color scheme chosen wasn’t any better. Why add to the stress of today’s news with an equally stressful red/black theme? The updated logo is bland, and lost the distinction of the blue icon, as well. I found myself opening the app and visiting the mobile site less and less, and now I’ll just delete the app from my phone. 5 stars for excellent reporting, 1 star for a harsh, unwelcoming design leaves me with an average of 3 stars..Version: 5.10
✓ Guardian was Great 5 years Ago but Not TodayI have really enjoyed the Guardian until the past few years. Years ago, it was tolerable to see a few young writers offer up a few novel interpretations of history or culture we never knew about, surrounded by a the wealth of objective apolitical news reporting by professionals your loyal readers could readily consume. But now the vast majority of your news articles are opinion-based, political, or racially charged hit-pieces dismantling some part of western culture your writers utterly despise. It is so bad, I now have to scroll through 90% of the articles just to find a single one about something innocent, like the wildlife in the UK, the world economy, etc. ….some world news event that is apolitical and free of ‘victimhood culture’. Your news now is just editorialized, hyper-charged opinion. Activist hate has spread like wildfire through your news org. Its now so biased and jaded against large cross sections of people, races, ages, religions, or genders there is nothing truly objective left that can see the world of good people as worthy. Your news it seems is just not fit to print without hateful interpretations looking through the dark colored lense of identity politics. I miss the Old Guardian where all people and all news had value as is. Now it is heavily filtered, heavily jaded, and toxic. I just cant listen to the passive agressive rage in so many young writers any longer. I have to say goodbye..Version: 11.33
✓ Doesn’t support Family SharingIt’s a real pity this app doesn’t support Family Sharing. The App Store page says this is because Apple doesn’t allow it but that’s plain false. The real reason is The Guardian don’t enable this option because they want you to pay for a premium subscription for every member of the family. It’s a complete rip off. It’d be like getting a print newspaper delivered but then only expecting one family member to be able to read it. Do they think people should order multiple print copies to their house in this situation? Ludicrous. Won’t be renewing our subscription..Version: 9.2
✓ Guardian ReaderWhat dies the Guardian do well? In my view, it has great Travel, Culture, Tech, Lifestyle sections. Up to date and interesting. The political opinions are generally sound (Katherine Murphy special mention) and as everybody knows, generally support the progressive side of politics but not in that rabid blinkered way, it’s more open to nuance. The only area that I find personally difficult to enjoy although I am trying. Keep an open mind and all that, is the social research side written by mainly overseas feminists where men are continually painted as sexist soldiers of the patriarchy just waiting for the opportunity to maintain their sacred privileges. On balance, The Guardian provides an important balance of media in Australia where the overall print media is still dominated by right wing anti science rags..Version: 8.8
✓ Nice for access, terrible for mobile batteryI like having the football scores, tables etc. at my fingertips, but this app is a pig for battery power..Version: 11.35
✓ Pushes opinions.Pushes opinions on world issues with sometimes far left leanings. Opinions should be in the opinions section. Maybe push both sides of the story and have your audience be the judge. Rare the Guardian does this. Most articles are well written. Environmental stories are one of the main platforms communicated, way more than other western media outlets. Keep it going..Version: 11.33
✓ It could be much better.Too much identity stuff for me. The editorials are usually good, I support the investigative journalism, but the same clickbait articles come up day after day. And the crosswords are getting worse and worse, no quality control. Please get rid if those who have nothing new to say; Suzanne Moore stands out for me, but I am sure there are others. And no more stuff about Strictly come dancing, please; this is not the Daily Mail, and should not try to be like it. I remember really serious columns in the Guardian in the past. Serious, but still funny sometimes; but really engaging with people from all over the world. Now, it is too London centric, too aimed at a particular generation (24-45, London based) to be of much use to those of us who don't fit the profile. We really need a newspaper that continues to expose corruption; we, or at least I, am not interested in the latest gossip from Washington, unless it says something serious; which if rarely does. More news from Europe, please (not just Brexit), less from USA and Australia ( keep that to their own editions), and more from Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Let's make the English feel ignored, for a change!.Version: 7.1
✓ Fix one thing, break another.Having fixed the last thing I whinged about - see below the developers have added a new folly. Whereas it used to be able to get straight back to the Home page menu from any article it is now only possible to achieve this function from the Home Page. A simple slide gesture across the top of any page has been replaced by a floating red button that only appears when on the Home page. So if I am 6 articles deep it’s now back-back-back-back-back-back-red button to move to a different section. While the old method still works on my iPad Pro it does nothing on my IPhone X and 6s+ Previous issue - now resolved Don’t upgrade if you value being able to click on an article in The Guardian’s daily email so that it opens in the app. The Guardian app team tell me they have deliberately removed this feature. Email links now open in Safari. The downside of this for the Guardian is that fewer people will be lured into the app to be exploited by the “click bait” articles or to be cultivated into full time subscribers. As if the black typeface wasn’t bad enough! Update: App Team told me they were looking into bringing back this feature and it seems they have. So all kudos to them. Have not had the opportunity to test it yet..Version: 6.6
✓ Thank youAs a subscriber to the paper version of The Guardian I know how much I rely on it to keep me informed, stimulated and challenged. I start with the headlines in the main paper first thing in the morning to get all the bad news out of the way and save the Journal till my post prandial rest so I can fully engage with the big issues of the day but every now and again I have a peep at the online version to see what’s coming up. Life ( especially these days) is often baffling and confusing so I want to express my deep gratitude to The Guardian for helping me make sense of it. To get a different perspective on things I also subscribe online to the French daily La Croix as after nearly 50 years in this country I have been reduced to settled status so also need to tune into a different set of issues and see how they are being dealt with..Version: 8.21
✓ One sided focusI variably support the Guardian financially and enjoy many of the articles. However there are a number of journalists ( mostly male)who express the same old tired and tedious neo liberal blairite views. Okay you say it’s one perspective. However,In effect they write the same article a thousand times even though it’s about something entirely different. If I wanted to read about their views I’d support a more right wing publication. This I find irritating and frustrating making me feel that the paper is trying to subtlety or blatantly undermine the leadership of the Labour Party rather than expose the appalling policies of this current elitist and inequitable government. The anti Semitic row in the summer is a case in point and was pushed by the Guardian to the very limits of tedium and bias journalist licence. I appreciate reading a range of views and perspectives but please consider that the dominance of such dogmatic one sided Views from a particular elitist mainly male group of rather nasty minded individuals stops people like me funding you on a regular basis..Version: 7.7
✓ Great content but STILL does not work properlyI.e. despite many requests over the last year to the development team it remains impossible to pinch zoom in on First Dog cartoons to read the clever details, which ruins half the pleasure of reading them (iPad mini 4 retina with all the latest OS and versions). It’s ridiculous that I have to leave a low rating just to get them to unlock a feature that comes inherently with iPadOS. Only workaround is to take a screenshot and then zoom in on that ... quite absurd! I look forward to changing this rating back to 5 stars when they finally fix this! Update: 2 years later it’s still beyond them but I’m increasing by one star for their excellent climate coverage..Version: 11.10.1
✓ A Curate’s Egg - just good in partsApp is somehow over designed, too much going on to be able to find articles you actually want to read. Too much is agenda-driven, good part of that is shaped by old-fashioned, one-eyed socialist dogma. Nothing can be seen to be right unless it’s the offspring of left-wing, anti-Conservative thinking or policy making. Which is sad, I want news not opinions. Coverage of the arts and culture is good (unless there’s a political angle to be had, in which case objective critique (to the extent there can be such a thing) goes out of the window. Sports coverage is very good, even though they’ve lost some very good journalists in recent years. Finally, don’t fall for the beyond question ethical stance of the newspapers ‘parent’. The Scott Trust is a master of UK tax avoidance. Though of course, that doesn’t affect one’s ability to enjoy what the app offers..Version: 11.7
✓ Subject matter expertsDear Guardian. I do enjoy reading he hot topics you uncover however would like to see more rigour in choosing your “subject matter experts”, ie. more than one and more than one opinion. In one area I have noticed a journalistic nativity, as a “SME” in food and fibre produced from agriculture which I have worked in my whole life.... so I figure there the strengthening of journalistic rigour might be needed in many other areas also. I realise it’s hard to get people who are good and willing communicators and secondly, actually have the depth and experience to report on a specialist field. Happy to help in the area of food, fibre and agriculture, market definition and ways to improve agriculture environmentally and draw from a pool of long term practitioners in the field. I do look forward to reading more of your interesting stories as they uncover myths being passed as fact. I would also like to help increase the farmer readership and belief of stories that they know to have the rigour needed for reporting reality. Best regards LM.Version: 8.2
✓ BugI keep getting notification saying offline download was unsuccessful.Version: 11.46
✓ Disappointed with article titled “Sobering and Alarming.I opened up the Guardian on my tablet this morning to review the various headlines. After reading a few articles I came to the one titled Sobering and Alarming - Younger people more likely to doubt merits of democracy. The accompanying picture was PRIMARILY the picture of a woman’s breasts with her holding a ballot in her hands. It didn’t even show her face, thus she , a real person casting a ballot was reduced to a ‘ pair of breasts”. The picture not only objectified her and every other woman but diminished the seriousness of the article ! So, Guardian editors who was this picture for? Not me, I’m a woman and sadly, I decided not to read the article. I think the Guardian needs to have a serious review of how it presents itself and who is writing for !!.Version: 11.41.1
✓ The GuardianThe problem of The Guardian is its solitary position. It is not obliged to question its views on many topics of fundamental importance to so many people - Women’s rights, alternative and complementary medicines to name but a few, because there are no significant papers on the left. And so The Guardian is both conceited and sanctimonious. Ironically it is also parochial and idiotic. Journalism from the fifth rate Adrian Chiles while a couple of good women journalists - Hadley Freeman and Suzanne Moore have been pushed out because of your idiotic and narrow views on Women’s rights. What else is out there? Nuffink. I am a writer, and it gives me great pleasure to tell you that some of your journalism stinks, but we are all obliged to live with you, for better or worse. You are like some kind of dreary old relative that we have to let grind on in a tiresome self-opinionated way because we love you despite your utter stupidity..Version: 11.38
✓ I’m not a subscriber. I want to ,but.The articles are well balanced, they ring true. The editorials are well balanced. I feel I can trust what I’m reading. Give me the information and I can can make my own decisions. So why don’t I subscribe? The online format of the links is why not, there’s an article on something I want to read so I tap the link and it sends me to another screen with more links none of which seem to reference the article or news item I wanted, which one to I tap now? I can scroll, I’m happy to scroll. KISS, I’m stupid, keep it simple..Version: 10.4
✓ No access to desktop/webGreat journalism and this app is a fantastic easy to navigate app. However, be warned, when you subscribe via the app/iTunes you are not actually subscribing with the Guardian and you will not be able to access your account on a desktop/web to view your account/subscription. After a few emails between different customer service representatives I found this out and was eventually hand-balled to apple to try to sort it out. The Guardians only solution to me was to purchase 2 seperate subscriptions to access the same information on this app and via the web..Version: 8.16
✓ Taking the moral high ground but failing to see very farThe Guardian is in decline, and has been for some time. The middle class agenda is pushed ad nauseam, safe minority agendas are promoted tirelessly, and the twee and cute factor increasing prominent. Sadly, it is the best newspaper in circulation.Version: 11.35
✓ State Stenography At it Finest!It’s great for keeping track of the propaganda line on many issues, most notably Ukraine and Israel. Then take that to actual trusted sources and you can really see what real reporting is not anymore. Keep up the conformity Guardian, it makes me feel nice and warm like being in the middle of a herd!.Version: 11.43
✓ So many good reviews now, but...When the app changed in October 2019, there was an immediate flurry of poor reviews because it was, and still is, so inferior to the previous app. I know, because I looked at them to see if I was the only one completely flummoxed by it and I wasn’t. I wrote my comments here and gave it one star. It doesn’t seem to have been published and what’s more, I’d say a number of other negative reviews have disappeared. I don’t suppose this will get published either, but if it does it would be nice if there was an explanation from the developers re disappearances. Also, why is a section of my screen taken up with a weather forecast of unknown location? Why can’t I navigate via a menu as before without having to go through whole sections? Why is the text on the crossword so small and the layout so rubbish? Why doesn’t it tell me when I’ve finished it (I used to like the little congratulation, now there is no reward.) It’s just no longer easy to read..Version: 8.9
✓ Excellent journalism. Latest update massive fail.First class, reliable and progressive journalism is evermore important these days. I check the Guardian periodically throughout the day as it is updated regularly. The app is a well designed and a breeze to navigate. WAS well-designed! UPDATE: Suddenly went from 5 stars to 2. Saved articles have all been removed. A recent bug fix has addressed the earlier problem of no longer being able to save articles - except all articles removed were not restored..Version: 11.38.1
✓ Independent reporting?In fact I am paying G reader. I prefer G to any of the other print MSM. However there are areas that really bother me and for that reason I am forced to supplement my news reading by going to other news outlet. So I do think my one star is mean! I think it is possibly higher at 3 and 4. As an independent newspaper I would expect G to support Assange and what he represents in terms of bringing governments to account. It seems it became a personal issue for the G. The central thrust must be to see exposures such as Assange and all other whistleblowers bring and to support them. I also must bring up the sad old news item of antiS wrt to Corbyn. I note suddenly the L party is whiter than white!! I think where D Abbot is is something that the LAbour party is not being challenged… I am worried that G is becoming a “safe read” for the middle class.. have you a backbone? I can’t see it! What is it?? Do you actually know.. are you making any difference to our life’s? What is the point of reading G.. tani haque.Version: 11.42.2
✓ Once towering, now cravenThe Guardian was long a paragon of integrity abd progressive politics, penetrating reporting and dodgy spelling. Now, behind constant distraction lies its craven advancement of a covert neoliberal agenda. Since the Scott Trust took over this once noble institution has become a rag with frills. We still see the occasional good article from the likes of Monbiot, the sports pages glisten. But when you pay attention to the core message, the 2016 shading of Bernie Sanders’ campaign with all the attention on HRC, the current vomit of pro vaccination, pro lockdown tripe, one sees it for what it has become, yet another sheepdog neoliberal propagandist, that has been bought lock stock and barrel, Ford buying Landrover. All the remains is the badge and the storied history..Version: 9.5
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