Do you want to allow this page to open "News.app"

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Do you want to allow this page to open "News.app"

macOS...just recently, Safari started asking me "Do you want to allow this page to open "News.app"?". The only options are "Cancel" and "Allow". I never use News.app. Ever. If I "Allow", Apple News says it doesn't have the article. If I "Cancel" then nothing. So as it stands, there is no way for me to view the article. Not even by copying the link and pasting it into a new tab or window - News.app still intercepts it.

This is *highly" annoying and I cannot find a way to disable this. Disabling News notifications doesn't make a difference.

This appears to happen primarily when clicking on a news link from a Google image search. I see an image that's interesting and when I click the link - usually some news site - Safari demands that I either use News.app or nothing.

Very, very, very, very, very, very, very frustrating. As a consumer, I want the choice of what to use and not be forced to use News.app.

How do I disable this?

macOS 10.15.4

Posted on Apr 18, 2020 11:33 AM

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Answer 1

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Apr 18, 2020 1:41 PM in response to leroydouglas

Unfortunately, already tried turning off notifications, killing News.app, etc. Doesn't matter...it comes back.

After using a protocol logger on a Windows machine, I noticed the offending links are responding with an RSS feed. This is likely why News.app is intercepting the request. But boy howdy is this kind of abstraction going to make News.app look like a greedy, annoying little Apple-forced application. I suppose technically it's not but who's going to dig like I did?

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Apr 18, 2020 2:20 PM in response to dialabrain

Probably not in this case...looks like the links are RSS feeds for which News.app is apparently registered as a viewer.

After using a protocol logger on a Windows machine, I noticed the offending links are responding with an RSS feed. This is likely why News.app is intercepting the request. But boy howdy is this kind of abstraction going to make News.app look like a greedy, annoying little Apple-forced application. I suppose technically it's not but who's going to dig like I did?

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