![]() ![]() My pet peeve is how unintuitive it is to build your queue from a diverse range of publications and then how unintuitive it is to then manage that queue as you’re listening. I agree with the other reviewers who find the NYT Audio app cluttered, difficult to navigate, and pushing stories in which I’m not interested. It had a diversity of content paired with an easy to use, attractive, clean interface. I am a regular NYT subscriber, but Audm was my favorite app for listening to articles. The idea of listening to magazine articles is terrific, and I will use the NYT’s audio app, but now need to search elsewhere to find the publications that no longer participate-which defeats the concept of a single audio magazine app. The app developers might rethink what was lost in the transition. Most maddeningly, it will not stop at the end of an article, but continues onto the next one. Articles in the queue can be deleted with a simple swipe, except for the one you are listening to. The queue of articles cannot be sorted (e.g., oldest date first). ![]() The database of articles appears on two tabs (Today and Discover), whereas they could be combined into one simplified tab. Specific gripes: The list of publications does not indicate which ones are already being followed, without clicking on each. Presumably those publications would not agree to provide their content under the NY Times banner. That serious erodes the value of what had been the internet’s best audio magazine app. ![]() Publications that were dropped include The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, New Republic, NY Review of Books, New Yorker and Vanity Fair, among many others. ![]() The number of publications dropped from 27 at Audm (of which 6 were NYT content) to 12 at NYT Audio (where 3 are NYT content). That was unfortunate because Audm offered far more content and was easier to use. The NY Times recently folded Audm (which it owns) into its own audio app.
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