Why Newsstand needs to go away<article>
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Newsstand was one of
iOS 5’s banner features when it was introduced back in 2011, but its time has come and gone. What was intended to be a special collection of apps has, instead, become a second-class collection. That’s why it would be better for everyone concerned—Apple, users,
app developers, and publishers (including
Macworld)—if Newsstand just vanished.</p><p>
Newsstand was introduced as a way to add some special features to the content apps offered by magazine and newspaper publishers. This special class of apps live in a dedicated folder. In iOS 5 and 6, that folder looked like a wooden bookshelf—which is not a newsstand at all, a metaphorical quibble mooted by the replacement of the wood with a formless gray background in iOS 7.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2148306/why-newsstand-needs-to-go-away.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Why Newsstand needs to go away