Telegraph to charge for App access to news

[Soovy]

So I received details of the "great new Telegraph App" with "loads of new fetaures", one of which is that I will now have to pay for the privilege of course. Shame, I enjoyed the Telegraph and have done for many years.

This is as doomed to failure as the Times paywall.

Telegraph website said:

The iPhone and Android apps will offer a broad range of our award-winning journalism as well as breaking news, live financial data, picture galleries and video.

Live football scores, results, tables and fixtures are also included, while subscribers in the UK will be able to access Premier League highlights from ESPN to watch goals even as a match is being played and enjoy highlights packages of the action.

Users can also customise the homescreen with their favourite topics, share articles on Twitter and Facebook and download articles to be read without an internet connection.

Telegraph print and iPad subscribers will be able to enjoy the apps free of charge.

The launch date for The Telegraph mobile apps will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Edward Roussel, Executive Editor, Digital, at Telegraph Media Group said: "The launch of these two new apps is a significant step forward in our strategy of delivering our award-winning journalism on all the key digital devices. The apps have been designed to also give readers attractive new features including Premier League video and stats, a customisable homepage and offline reading at the touch of a fingertip.”

New customers will be offered a free one-month trial when they register with the Telegraph, with a monthly charge thereafter.

I look forward to legions of cheery twa tters accosting me in the street trying to sell me the Telegraph content in a few weeks, much as they do for the Times. I can also no doubt expect three phone calls a week inviting me to join their fabulous service for £1 a day.

They can poke it.

Edited by Soovy on Monday 19th March 13:01

[Pints]

Do you know that the Times paywall was necessarily a failure?

If it was, do you honestly believe the Telegraph would knowingly follow suit?

[Soovy]

Pints said:

Do you know that the Times paywall was necessarily a failure?

If it was, do you honestly believe the Telegraph would knowingly follow suit?

There's a thread on this. The Times have about three subscribers, and are fiddling the figures.

http://www.pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[fido]

Title is a bit misleading as it's both iPhone and Android, and not just a vendetta against those weak-willed individuals who have bought an Apple product.

[thinfourth2]

fido said:

Title is a bit misleading as it's both iPhone and Android, and not just a vendetta against those weak-willed individuals who have bought an Apple product.

Ah but Android phone owners wouldn't be reading the telegraph

[Funk]

The Telegraph had an article on this on the mobile site a while back which I read. As soon as I saw it was a 'pay-for' app, I didn't bother going any further. What will it deliver that the mobile site in the browser won't? I'm always bemused by the promise of 'video' etc, as I really am not fussed by video or audio on news sites. I'd just like to read.

It wouldn't be so bad if they asked you to make a one-off payment for the application (as it will have cost money to develop) but paying a monthly fee? No chance.

And that's before we even note the decline in the standard of journalism in the Telegraph since Gallagher took over in 09.

[Pints]

Soovy said:

There's a thread on this. The Times have about three subscribers, and are fiddling the figures.

http://www.pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Thanks for the link.

[Soovy]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/apps/9148684/Telegraph-...

Bye bye Telegraph.

Pay for news? Go fk yourselves.

[Kermit power]

Tut tut, Soovy....

The Telegraph Terms and Conditions said:

1.4 Registering on The Telegraph website
+Why should I register with The Telegraph?
-Do I have to pay to access The Telegraph website?
No, The Telegraph website is free to all users. If you register at www.telegraph.co.uk and create a Telegraph Login you can also benefit from a free 30-day trial of our Mobile Apps and choose from a wide range of premium newsletters. Plus, you can use your login to enter competitions on the website and sign up to other Telegraph Services.

Or, to put it another way, you can carry on with exactly what you already get for free, still for free, or you can sign up for this paid app as an additional service should you wish.

Not sure why anyone would get the hump about that?

[Soovy]

Kermit power said:

Tut tut, Soovy....

The Telegraph Terms and Conditions said:

1.4 Registering on The Telegraph website
+Why should I register with The Telegraph?
-Do I have to pay to access The Telegraph website?
No, The Telegraph website is free to all users. If you register at www.telegraph.co.uk and create a Telegraph Login you can also benefit from a free 30-day trial of our Mobile Apps and choose from a wide range of premium newsletters. Plus, you can use your login to enter competitions on the website and sign up to other Telegraph Services.

Or, to put it another way, you can carry on with exactly what you already get for free, still for free, or you can sign up for this paid app as an additional service should you wish.

Not sure why anyone would get the hump about that?

But I have the App for free at present.

Therefore if I want convenience I have to pay.

[RYH64E]

Soovy said:

But I have the App for free at present.

Therefore if I want convenience I have to pay.

What's wrong with paying for something you want?

[Soovy]

RYH64E said:

Soovy said:

But I have the App for free at present.

Therefore if I want convenience I have to pay.

What's wrong with paying for something you want?

Nothing, but the App is good, and easy, surfing the website on an iphone is a pain in the nutsack.

So bye bye.

[Kermit power]

Soovy said:

Nothing, but the App is good, and easy, surfing the website on an iphone is a pain in the nutsack.

So bye bye.

Hmm.. Odd. It's nice and easy to navigate on an Android browser. Maybe that's why they didn't bother with an Android app before.

[MartyPubes]

Soovy said:

But I have the App for free at present.

Therefore if I want convenience I have to pay.

The world is going to st.

[gamefreaks]

Soovy said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/apps/9148684/Telegraph-...

Bye bye Telegraph.

Pay for news? Go fk yourselves.

Here's the free one: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/bbc-news/id37738225...

When I say free, I mean the one you've already paid for.

While I do agree that unbiased 'News' should be freely available to all, I don't think there is any 'right' to the opinion and comment columns. I don't think the writers are working for free so it has to paid for somehow.

[markh1973]

gamefreaks said:

Here's the free one: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/bbc-news/id37738225...

When I say free, I mean the one you've already paid for.

While I do agree that unbiased 'News' should be freely available to all, I don't think there is any 'right' to the opinion and comment columns. I don't think the writers are working for free so it has to paid for somehow.

So which news source is unbiased?

[Manicminer]

markh1973 said:

So which news source is unbiased?

Al Jazeera?

[Drclarke]

Soovy said:

Nothing, but the App is good, and easy, surfing the website on an iphone is a pain in the nutsack.

So bye bye.

Write them a letter outlining your disgust from your wine cellar

[spikeyhead]

Soovy said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/apps/9148684/Telegraph-...

Bye bye Telegraph.

Pay for news? Go fk yourselves.

Isn't the Wail sufficiet for you?

[gamefreaks]

markh1973 said:

So which news source is unbiased?

Haha...no such thing! But in an ideal world...