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0 pointssfk16y ago0 comments

Is there an authoritative link for this? The article is written in a way that suggests that the feed is an integral part of Pulse.

One of the comments says: "Pulse actually ships with the NYT built in."

Without having cleared this up, it's difficult to judge the matter.

EDIT: If wired.com is not grossly incorrect, I do think that the feed was built in:

"The developers of Pulse, Akshay Kothari and Ankit Gupta, are bemused, and are planning to contact Apple to fix the problem. They’ll do this by removing the NYT’s feed from the app ..."

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donohoe16y ago· 2 in thread

To: ahoythere "By that logic, Safari ships with Apple and CNN "built in"."

Yes - but you bet Apple did actually ask CNN and others beforehand and CNN said Yes. That has been my experience.

albemuth16y ago

More like CNN and others pay to be included, NYT is getting how much traffic for free here?

donohoe16y ago

No, not really. I personally think this whole mess is because they pre-packaged NYT RSS feeds and also used that in their screenshots (don't know that last point for sure, but I think thats the case?), and then they make it a commercial app.

Is one thing for a user to add a RSS feed, its another to pre-package it in a commercial app.

Its not about 'free traffic' its about saying 'hey, thats not cool' IMHO. I would also add, until his all came up I wouldn't have guessed it was an issue until I thought about it more.

Disclaimer: I do work for NYT but have nothing to do with this whole drama. I'm just as interested as anyone here. Oh, and all this is my personal opinion and not necessarily that of blah de blah blah blah....

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cabalamat16y ago· 1 in thread

If i was Apple, I'd release a new version of Pulse identical to the last, except that the NYT RSS feed was missing. Then the NYT would have no legitimate grounds for suing Apple.

pixelbath16y ago

Pulse is not an Apple application.

smackfu16y ago

It's enabled by default.

It wasn't even a very good example, since Pulse is all about showing headlines with photos, and the Times feed didn't have photos in it so it was just a wall of text.

ahoyhere16y ago

"Built in" and "included as a preset in the default set" are entirely different animals.

By that logic, Safari ships with Apple and CNN "built in". Along with a bunch of other undesirable bookmarks and feeds.

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