E John Feig
Doesn't crash for me, but mobile experience is too simplistic and has poor UX. I subscribed, loaded the app, and pretty quickly decided to cancel my subscription, because the app makes consuming the news quite difficult. The design, particularly on mobile, is bad, take a look at top newspapers like NYTimes, or even the local SF Chronicle. There isn't a quick and easy way to get to important things like election coverage, or filter out stuff I don't want like sports (which eats the front page).
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Jeremy White
1. Tapping a push notification doesn't work to open the app 2. Trying to find an article that was presented in a push notification is extremely difficult 3. There is too much of a national/pop culture focus on the articles that are given prime real estate in the app. I subscribe because I want local info, not breaking news about Ukraine, or Taylor Swift's European tour. I have other news outlets for those things. 4. There's no way to fine tune what topics I get push notifications about.
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Brian H
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The search function is fully broken. Typing a text search is painful and tedious. Its constantly double-typing or trying to predict the search. Tried this on three different android phones and made sure my own phones autocomplete and word suggestions was disabled. The ads are annoying and full of political drivel that makes the ap frustrating. Would be great if the Mercury would put some filters on the ads displayed through their app. There are very dishonest and sketchy advertisements.
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