MassLive.com

I downloaded this to stay on top of local news. My first impression is that the app does have a good range of local stories. Unfortunately, it’s also inundated with junk ads- diet fads, singles sites, etc. Not sure if those are removed with a subscription?

The app refuses to load fresh news items. The search functionality doesn’t work. Total garbage. Littered with pop-up ads asking you to subscribe, when you are already a subscriber.

Can't view subscriber articles every time there is an update. Won't be subscribing anymore

It is extremely difficult to share articles with other subscribers. Also, when you click on links in their email newsletter, the redirect to their app is very glitchy and doesn’t work a lot of times.

MassLive is arguably the best news source in Massachusetts. The sports coverage is phenomenal. There is more local news from around the state than anywhere else. That being said, the app design is clunky and not easy to navigate. I hope they can redesign it to resemble the kind of first tier news source that it could be.

For 10.00 a month there shouldn’t be any ads. There is no difference between free and premium with ads. Premium should not have ads absolutely everywhere.

Nothing but liberal Democrat propaganda.

I recently deleted this app because of some troubling trends I’ve been noticing, and after reading other reviews, I don’t think I’m alone. You’d expect local journalists to be as impartial and professional as possible, but in recent years I’ve noticed that a frustrating amount of articles seem to be desperate to appeal to a progressive audience, which makes sense given Massachusetts is a blue state, but too often it feels like it’s coming at the expense of actual journalism, relying on insulting sociopolitical buzzwords that just feel like they’re designed to actively divide audiences more than they already are. And before you boil it down to knee jerk partisanship, A) I’m more politically moderate than anything, and B) even AllSides, a news watchdog website, has outright stated that their articles often lean left of center. But honestly, it’s not their political leanings, but more the obnoxious clickbait titles are with loaded language that ruin things for me. I think for new for the Western Massachusetts area, I’ll stick with the reminder, or even 22 or Western Mass News, because MassLive has indicated that they have no interest in real journalism anymore, just sensationalist nonsense like BuzzFeed or the Daily Mail.

Extremely slow, back buttons sometimes don’t work, obits horribly slow. Get a new IT team!

Why do I have to pay to read local news in this app when I can read it for free in other apps? This used to be my go to for the news.