Utterly awful. Text is less readable, navigation is a pain, and to cap it all, they removed the widget that was the only reason to use it.
Why oh, why oh, why bbc!!!
this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2023
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I don't like it. Full of trackers too so I deleted it
All apps are. After I installed the app tracker blocker on ddg I've been getting a regular 7,000+ tracking attempts per week.
(Edit: except the lemmy apps, no attempts from them after I disabled in-app browsing)
Looks quite a lot like the Voyager app's android-view for Lemmy, so I assume it's following the guidelines for what Android apps are supposed to look like nowadays (I dunno if you're on a iphone and that's why it looks weird).
Nah I'm on Android - Samsung
I only use the sounds app. Seems to perform its task suitably well.
Yeah I do love BBC sounds, it's probably the best designed BBC app imo
Oh god, have they launched that at last? I tried it in beta a while back and it was fucking awful.
Looks like I'm not updating the current version I have installed then.
Ditched the news app when it started asking me to log in
It looks and acts fine for me on Android. Perfectly legible. I'm always in light mode though, I find dark harder to read.
Ah thanks I've switched to light mode, is much better
Not a fan of any of the BBC tbh.
I am not keen on that font at all. It's a little too thin for my eyes. Are there any other better news apps with alerts? I did try Sky News for a while but the last time I tried that, the alerts were about things I considered not news worthy e.g. two YouTubers splitting up!
I'm still bitter about them removing the alarm function from the BBC ~~radio~~ sounds app
Was definitely a huge change for the worst, any recommendations for a replacement widget, since that was the most useful part?