Post A9amIyX0SmsNGZnPHM by smpl@nixnet.social
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(DIR) Post #A9ZK5ekzgHtMIXEt7I by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-07-23T04:11:41.090599Z
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Does anyone know of a good general news source with a subscription model and a mobile app that doesn't hard-require Google Services? I like The Guardian but they're a bit more expensive than I'm comfortable with, considering that I can't sign in from the mobile app and would be bound to the website.
(DIR) Post #A9ZKpOqj9na0HZjVmy by vyivel@fedi.absturztau.be
2021-07-23T04:15:48.818154Z
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@amolith >subscription modelAssuming it means what I think it does, won't RSS do?
(DIR) Post #A9ZKrD7FkjLaTGKI64 by abloo@fedi.absturztau.be
2021-07-23T04:20:17.407769Z
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@vyivel @amolith the only good type of subscription model is rss
(DIR) Post #A9ZL0cJTRKWzDzWmaO by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-07-23T04:21:59.472561Z
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@vyivel I mean subscription as in monthly payment :meowLul: LWN would be exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for if it was more general.The Guardian: Tech with a working mobile app for $10/mo would be noice but I can't find anything similar
(DIR) Post #A9ZL99NgNVDi6EZ75c by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-07-23T04:23:31.407467Z
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@abloo @vyivel *looks at my 50 feeds in newsboat*I do agree but I also want to pay for good reporting I care about :meowLul:
(DIR) Post #A9ZLUf51iUw8Ug63DU by Linux_in_a_Bit@linuxrocks.online
2021-07-23T04:26:46Z
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@amolith RSS?
(DIR) Post #A9ZLUfXO13cbudMhQ8 by Linux_in_a_Bit@linuxrocks.online
2021-07-23T04:27:12Z
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@amolith oh...
(DIR) Post #A9ZUPqxT1gA3TMLJBo by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-07-23T06:07:23.165541Z
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would have been nice to read to set up a system with calibre so i could throw it on my ereader every morning but they don't have the full text so never mind :akko_angry: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/technology/rss
(DIR) Post #A9ZdSfn5txBRIHuUwi by tommi@mastodon.uno
2021-07-23T06:18:26Z
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@amolith I am happily paying 2€ per month for a student subscription at @nytimes. I am very satisfied with it.
(DIR) Post #A9aWNb6ROmYWmlYIK0 by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-07-23T18:04:06.061541Z
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Neither does BBC but the Calibre recipe uses the links in those feeds to fetch full articles and they have a dedicated Tech feed in addition to the others :akko_fingerguns:
(DIR) Post #A9aX9DHVGnQonvQoPA by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-07-23T18:12:42.365987Z
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This is a pretty nice way to read the news tbh. Nice and clean PDF with navigation links everywhere :comfy: I might start posting one every morning or something :akko_think2:
(DIR) Post #A9akJkOKJyNXnEyb3I by smpl@nixnet.social
2021-07-23T20:39:19.332795Z
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@amolith Wow, that's the nicest experience I've had reading news on a computer. I prefer a real newspaper, but still that's so much better than websites which overshadow the content they're supposed to serve,
(DIR) Post #A9akV4xiBDncmGvlfU by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-07-23T20:42:19.386272Z
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@smpl It's probably been over 10 years since I held a real newspaper :akko_giggle: With my Calibre setup, it automatically fetches the news every morning at 6, turns it into an Epub/PDF, then sends it to my ereader as soon as I connect it so I can look at the news on an eink display :blobfoxcomfymelthappy:
(DIR) Post #A9amIyX0SmsNGZnPHM by smpl@nixnet.social
2021-07-23T20:44:35.668373Z
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@amolith How do I go about setting up calibre for something like that?
(DIR) Post #A9amIz0QhOPajpYu8m by amolith@nixnet.social
2021-07-23T21:02:32.078270Z
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@smpl You just click the Fetch news button at the top and schedule a download from your source of choice 👌