Can I delete Newsstand?
Can I remove newsstand from my iPad? It pointless and I will never use it!
iPad 2, iOS 5
Don't get me wrong, I definitely agree with you that bringing out concern and complaints on the forums isn't going to do much good in changing the overall picture, as Apple doesn't check the forums. However, Apple does not respond to most issues that users are having with their devices, or their concerns for that matter, which is why people are voicing their opinions on here. I'll explain more below...
The only time where we have seen Apple respond to complaints was when it was in a full-blown scale, i.e. iPhone 4 antennagate issue; iOS 5 battery issue, etc... Any other problems that users reported to Apple, and this is by the hundreds if not thousands, were simply ignored as it won't drop their stock exchange value. These miniscule concerns/complaints were not nearly large enough to be taken up by the media, and so Apple simply ignored them and continued on with their business, yet they were still a problem for people who paid a large sum of money to buy a product of their choosing.
Other than this, there are numerous problems with their products, which they still presently have yet to address. Think of the sound issue on the Macbook/Pros issue, that many people are having when they upgraded to Lion. Apple has yet to be address that, even though many threads have been created by users just like in here. The only good solution that came out of it was a user-created script that was inserted into the binary codes of the system OS, something Apple should have done and solved themselves...
Although their products are superb and aesthetically pleasing, their customer support is questionable. Consumers like me and many others on this forum don't appreciate the fact that Apple is content once they have taken our money, and could care less about customer support. It might just be my opinion, but I have personally witnessed over 15 different occasions where I ran into perfectly reasonable problems while using their products, and having X amount of people send feedback to them was a major waste of everyone's time. Most, if not all of the problems were never fixed/addressed, and the users are left to find a third-party solution...
Giving consumers a choice to do what they please is critical in todays democratic society. Having being restricted from removing useless items for the benefit of advertising and gaining more profit, is what makes consumers come into these forums and complain. If this app was made similarly to iBooks, where one can delete it off their device if they have no use for it, then the problem will be solved and both camps will be happy. However, this is not the case, as it is a source of revenue for Apple.
If Apple decides to make consumers unable to remove system-related apps, then fine. Most people need to use the phone, contacts, music, etc... anyway. However I hardly believe that the newstand app is system-related...unless everyone in this world needs to read their subscriptions on their iDevices. It is because people find it useless that they come here looking to delete it. I don't see people coming here to complain about not having the option to remove the phone or music app... People have the option to "hide" apps such as stocks, weather, clock, etc... However, Apple decided to make the newstand app an all important app that everyone needs/wants, so they refused to allow users to hide it alongside the other apps in a folder. The only solution?....do a quick trick to create a folder and insert it in there, and repeat when syncing large files or accidentally opening it. Hardly necessary for something a large amount of people don't use...
One last thing...a support forum is where people come to when they have problems with a product. These problems INCLUDE trying to remove something that the consumer has no need for but can't, hence the reason why they come here and share their issues/concerns. Solutions such as "live with it or sell it" are hardly good responses for someone looking to get technical support, and only does one thing....*hint, starts with T and lives under a bridge* Good day...
