When you read an article on Google Chrome, the browserkeeps your location in cachein the text to reopen the page in the same place to continue reading it later. On YouTube, it's the same thing: paused videos can be restarted at the same timecode on another day. Unfortunately not all applications work this way, but more and more publishers are implementing the option in their services.
This time, it is Apple News which is equipped with a similar tool,thanks toiOS 13.6. This allows users to leave the platform by interrupting their reading without worrying about having to remember any bookmark. Indeed, by opening the application again at another time, we find ourselves faced with the previously abandoned lines. Practical, but this system still has some limitations already encountered by the competition.
A question of time
The first problem comes from the duration for which this data is kept: although Apple does not communicate it, it probably ends after a certain period. However, we know for example that videos saved on the Alphabet app see the red bar at the bottom of their thumbnail disappear - indicating that the content has already been viewed - after a few weeks. Very problematic when looking for specific information.
Browsers also experience the same problem, with theirhistoricalnot found from a certain date (you have surely already experienced this blockage when searching for a link several years ago). Finally, you should know that News needs thirty seconds to record your location, and that leaving the app before this period prevents this advantage from working correctly. Think about it if you test its paid news, the subscription of which costs $9.99 per month across the Atlantic. All you need is a VPN to usel’App StoreAmerican and benefit from it even without being geographically eligible. As we remind you, the Apple News app is still not available in France, just like the Apple News+ subscription.
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By : Keleops AG
