There have been lots of changes at Google, mostly as it re-orients to AI. I have been a user of Google News for as long as I can remember and always found it adequate. Lately, however, it seems to be harder to control, giving me stories on subjects I don’t want, and most annoyingly, clickbait.
I decided to try a self-managed newsfeed, which is really what I want. Some reading lead me to Feedly. You select news sources that you like and it collects the stories and groups them for you.
I was going to wait a week or so before posting, but after one day, I’m more than ready to dump Google News.
I also find I’m spending less time reading news and focusing more on things that interest me. Google (lets face it) is in the business of keeping you looking at their pages. So I was getting lots of content that was meant to keep me engaged (I’m thinking things like celebrity gossip) that really don’t interest me. Well, I suppose they must interest me at some level because I do click on some of these stories. I will now be less well informed about pop culture, but I have a lot more time.