The Columbian

Love the new design and interface. More responsive. Would like to be able to see readers comments.

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I have been relying on the Columbian app for local news for years. The recent update with a revamped UI is OK but lacks any way to locate a past article: no History, no Search. But now when I go to read my “morning paper” I can’t; I get a dialog telling me that I have reached my limit on free articles. I’ve never seen this before, nor have I ever seen anything describing a limit. (Last week there was an annoying pop up every time I launched that said changes were coming that had a dead link to a “learn more” page; was this the change?) I might consider paying for the content depending on the rate, but there is no way to do this through the app. I can log in but I can’t create an account. Maybe I’ll try the Columbian website, if that is listed in the app.

The paper is good. Online access used to be nice, until limited. This app was very nice, until there was a cost. With so many other local and national news apps that provide similar to higher quality reporting, why would I pay for this one? I guess thanks for the time that we did spend together Columbian.

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Ads are all over this clunky app AND the articles are limited if you don’t pay?? The app became more difficult to navigate and now they want money for it. It’s not even quality reporting.. I get the national news for free - I don’t mind being hit with ads for local news... but i am not paying for this garbage.

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I travel a lot and enjoy reading home town news in the on line version. $10/ month is a bit much to have unlimited on line access. I pay for a Sunday only subscription at the Oregonian and get a daily online access with that.... cost line $24 for 8 weeks. What can you do?