J-BAR #18287 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I would like to read Fox News on my iPhone, but they won't let you read anything except the headline without their App. I prefer not to sign up for the App. Is there a way to bring up the text of the article without installing the App on my phone? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Rick Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) I started using Ground News, but not on my phone. Edited January 16 by Chief Rick 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 13 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said: I would like to read Fox News on my iPhone, but they won't let you read anything except the headline without their App. I prefer not to sign up for the App. Is there a way to bring up the text of the article without installing the App on my phone? I would just paste this into whatever search engine you use then once you get to the site save the address in the search bar. That’s what I do with DDG. I just make things I want to keep a “Favorite”. https://www.foxnews.com/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 32 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said: I would like to read Fox News on my iPhone, but they won't let you read anything except the headline without their App. I prefer not to sign up for the App. Is there a way to bring up the text of the article without installing the App on my phone? The app is free. I read it everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Kris Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 One thing Fox news has started doing recently is requiring you to sign up for their mailing list in order to read one of their articles. I click on the article I'm interested in and after the re-direct a window pops up and says "Read this article for free. Sign up here" and gives you a box to enter your email address. The number of these articles has increased recently so I'm starting to look for another news source. I don't need my email address spread all over kingdom come. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 4 minutes ago, Calamity Kris said: One thing Fox news has started doing recently is requiring you to sign up for their mailing list in order to read one of their articles. I click on the article I'm interested in and after the re-direct a window pops up and says "Read this article for free. Sign up here" and gives you a box to enter your email address. The number of these articles has increased recently so I'm starting to look for another news source. I don't need my email address spread all over kingdom come. Hmm, I just read about 10 articles this morning and none asked me for my email…….just sayin I read Fox News almost everyday on the app. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Hmm, I just read about 10 articles this morning and none asked me for my email…….just sayin I read Fox News almost everyday on the app. If you have the app, they have your email. I have been using BBC and it's pretty good. Edited January 16 by J-BAR #18287 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 13 minutes ago, Calamity Kris said: One thing Fox news has started doing recently is requiring you to sign up for their mailing list in order to read one of their articles. I click on the article I'm interested in and after the re-direct a window pops up and says "Read this article for free. Sign up here" and gives you a box to enter your email address. The number of these articles has increased recently so I'm starting to look for another news source. I don't need my email address spread all over kingdom come. That’s been my experience as well, Kris. It started with just an article or two, but is now almost of them. I’m not giving them my email address either. I also grew tired of their clickbait salacious headline format and have since moved on to other sources. A lot of their articles seemed more like gossip than news. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 54 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: I would just paste this into whatever search engine you use then once you get to the site save the address in the search bar. That’s what I do with DDG. I just make things I want to keep a “Favorite”. https://www.foxnews.com/ Glad it works for you, but when I use that link most of the articles require the App. Somehow it knows it's me and not you!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) 5 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said: Glad it works for you, but when I use that link most of the articles require the App. Somehow it knows it's me and not you!! It’s not you. I’ve a feeling this is a market test and not everyone is seeing the same thing. I wonder if their web traffic has dropped off? Edited January 16 by Abilene Slim SASS 81783 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 27 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said: Glad it works for you, but when I use that link most of the articles require the App. Somehow it knows it's me and not you!! Weird. What kind of phone do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) 1 hour ago, J-BAR #18287 said: If you have the app, they have your email. I have been using BBC and it's pretty good. They’ve never sent me an email and I’ve never given them my email’ How do they have it? Sorry I don’t agree! I’ve had the app for at least 6-7 years!! Edited January 16 by Rye Miles #13621 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 2 hours ago, J-BAR #18287 said: I would like to read Fox News on my iPhone, but they won't let you read anything except the headline without their App. I prefer not to sign up for the App. Is there a way to bring up the text of the article without installing the App on my phone? 1 hour ago, Calamity Kris said: One thing Fox news has started doing recently is requiring you to sign up for their mailing list in order to read one of their articles. I click on the article I'm interested in and after the re-direct a window pops up and says "Read this article for free. Sign up here" and gives you a box to enter your email address. The number of these articles has increased recently so I'm starting to look for another news source. I don't need my email address spread all over kingdom come. I rarely use a cell phone to read the news, I always use a desktop. They started out, wanting you to sign up, on just a few stories...now it's all of them it seems. I will NOT give them my e-mail address just to read their articles, half of which are just retitled old stories anyway. I am very protective of my e-mail and will not give it to them (or anyone else) so that they can bombard me with spam and sell it so I can get really bombarded with spam. There isn't even a phone number to call to talk to a live person. At this point, FOX News can KMA, I'll look at another of the dozen news sources. I even deleted from my favorites bar. A REALLY STUPID decision on FOX's part IMO. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Chapo Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 37 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said: I rarely use a cell phone to read the news, I always use a desktop. They started out, wanting you to sign up, on just a few stories...now it's all of them it seems. I will NOT give them my e-mail address just to read their articles, half of which are just retitled old stories anyway. I am very protective of my e-mail and will not give it to them (or anyone else) so that they can bombard me with spam and sell it so I can get really bombarded with spam. There isn't even a phone number to call to talk to a live person. At this point, FOX News can KMA, I'll look at another of the dozen news sources. I even deleted from my favorites bar. A REALLY STUPID decision on FOX's part IMO. You do realize that you can sign up for a garbage email address in less than 5 minutes at dozens or maybe even hundreds of places online, right? There's no reason you have to give an email address that you ever use or check. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 1 minute ago, El Chapo said: You do realize that you can sign up for a garbage email address in less than 5 minutes at dozens or maybe even hundreds of places online, right? There's no reason you have to give an email address that you ever use or check. Yep! What he said ^^^^ And whatever you do don’t give them a phone number. The latest thing I have noticed is really really tiny fonts on a sentence with a checked box in front that says “by clicking here you agree to receive texts from us and our partners. Keep an eye out for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 If they insist on an email and you have a DDG email account click on their email box then DDG will ask if you want to make a special email for that link. Click YES and you get a gibberish email to use. It’ll still come to your regular email box then you just block the sender. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I'm getting the same popup on my desktop and they aren't getting my email. I'm also increasingly cynical about much Fox's reporting of anything related to politics. It's increasingly rare to find an unbiased American news source. https://www.bbc.com/ isn't bad http://english.aljazeera.net/ is at least honest and upfront about being biased against the United States and Israel and the rest of their reporting is good. https://www.skynews.com.au/ is interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 38 minutes ago, El Chapo said: You do realize that you can sign up for a garbage email address in less than 5 minutes at dozens or maybe even hundreds of places online, right? There's no reason you have to give an email address that you ever use or check. 32 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: If they insist on an email and you have a DDG email account click on their email box then DDG will ask if you want to make a special email for that link. Click YES and you get a gibberish email to use. It’ll still come to your regular email box then you just block the sender. Why yes, yes I do. It's not worth my time or effort. FOX News is the one that wants me to read their articles and stories. I actually read the so-called "news" from various sites... both the conservative side and the commie side. Always good have both perspectives that are opposites....kind of a see what the enemy is doing kinda thing. I find it ironic that FOX wants people to give up an e-mail address just to read their slant on the news while maintaining the government is intruding in your privacy mantra. And besides that....I'd rather b***** about it here. Now THAT'S worth the time and effort. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 1 hour ago, Pat Riot said: Weird. What kind of phone do you have? iPhone 13. Most of the bells and whistles are turned off. It's a phone, camera, and text thingy 99% of the time. Well, I do play Wordle, but that's all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 12 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said: iPhone 13. Most of the bells and whistles are turned off. It's a phone, camera, and text thingy 99% of the time. Well, I do play Wordle, but that's all! Strange. I have the 13 Pro Max. I never get a message telling me I must download an App. I do see messages asking me if I want the App but I just ignore them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: Strange. I have the 13 Pro Max. I never get a message telling me I must download an App. I do see messages asking me if I want the App but I just ignore them. It's not the phone, but the content provider (Fox) that causes that. No different than the New York Times or Wall Street Journal blocking you from reading an article without a subscription. Edited January 16 by Abilene Slim SASS 81783 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 27 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said: iPhone 13. Most of the bells and whistles are turned off. It's a phone, camera, and text thingy 99% of the time. Well, I do play Wordle, but that's all! Are you using Safari to try and open websites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 The app is free, so I'm not sure what the problem is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 10 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: It's not the phone, but the content provider (Fox) that causes that. No different than the New York Times or Wall Street Journal blocking you from reading an article without a subscription. I have an iPhone and don’t have that issue, but I don’t use Safari for general searches. I use DuckDuckGo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 9 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: Are you using Safari to try and open websites? I use Safari on my Mac laptop. Usually DuckDuckGo on my phone. I just went to Fox on my computer and got this when I tried to read the top story: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 14 minutes ago, Cyrus Cassidy #45437 said: The app is free, so I'm not sure what the problem is. The problem is I'm a cranky old man who doesn't want to give out his email address that widely!! 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) 21 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said: The problem is I'm a cranky old man who doesn't want to give out his email address that widely!! Like I said they never asked me for an email and I’ve had the app for at least 6-7 years maybe more. This must be a new thing! Edited January 16 by Rye Miles #13621 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pb Mark Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I do not see the problem. Give them someone else's email and problem solved. Plenty of them out there. Walmart's corporate email comes to mind. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 @J-BAR #18287 You needed an email to set up DDG. So give this a try: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 Pat Riot: That took a lot of time and effort and I appreciate your computer savvy. But I'll just use BBC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Some things are just too much effort. Fox News is one of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Some things are just too much effort. Fox News is one of them. It was no effort for me ! Not one bit! I’ve had it for years! Maybe it’s because I have an IPhone and I downloaded it from the Apple App Store. Edited January 17 by Rye Miles #13621 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 (edited) Fox News has been on the skids with me for some time. The content just isn’t there anymore. This bump in accessing it is trivial, but also the final straw. It’s just not worth reading, like this front page gem: “Suzanne Somers' widower says 'strange things' are happening after her death” my 2 cents, nothing more. Edited January 17 by Abilene Slim SASS 81783 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I have gotten to the point where I rarely look at news. I get the Epoch Times online. They email me headlines. I often delete them. Life’s too short for news and politics. And, quite honestly, I just don’t flippin’ care anymore. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 might be a PITA but you gotta get news somewhere - and they are the least of the propagandists , they even air their competitors take on a lot of things so you can decide what to believe , we have been cheated out of an unbiased media since watergate as far as im concerned , i think there was acytual "reporting" back then and before , not so much since , now the "NEWS SOURCES" want to write their own news and i wont buy that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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