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Possibly a paradigm of digitally news delivery From a clumsy and awkward mix of a website and an app, the transition between these two hardly smooth, the Economist seems to have really dug in and revamped digital delivery. The website is great of course, but the app definitely is a deal breaker. Some minor bugs here and there still are present, but the app itself is smooth and just works. Audio recordings and all that work great too. Sharing is good, reading density is good, navigation might need a bit of tweaking.
Better organization is sorely needed The best way to read The Economist is to choose from the selected top stories that the app surfaces for you every morning. Unfortunately, this obscures the in-depth reports that The Economist regularly produces — quarterly technology reports and special reports. The website does it better, where these reports have their own section. As currently implemented, when the week is done the app hides these reports in the Weekly editions that must be manually downloaded. And good luck finding that story you wanted to read from a month or two ago. Even if you save it on one device, your other devices do not get the message. We are at the whims of the digital curators at The Economist.
Now it’s a hassle to use IOS built-in lookup I had been using this app almost every day before this update and really enjoyed it even if I’m not a native English speaker. Inspiring contents (still it is) and nice UX. I can get translation of a word by just selecting it and then using the lookup service.
Now I am forced to select a whole block of texts where I have to then move my finger a lot to locate the text I want to get translation. I was getting interrupted a lot due to this new function. That is quite annoying so now I might decide to cancel my subscription.