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Comment by rlt3 | Hacker News Reader

From what I understand, it uses Newsstand.

I don't use Android (so, please, correct me if I'm wrong), but I don't think Android has a single, unified Newsstand-like app to handle subscriptions and that kind of thing.

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Google Play Magazines

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...

Unfortunately US only at the moment.

Not sure what I find more irritating. US only or iOS only.

Both really. It's all one big step backwards.

Lots of apps and services and programs are US only or iOS only. It's just that few of them are the talk of HN on a Thursday morning.

It was released in Australia this week. I have to think other places are coming pretty soon.

I find the people that complain about 'US only' to be the most irritating.

Either move to the US already or code up your own.

Cool idea. I will move to US so I can read The Magazine. ;-)

Isn't Google Play Magazines much different than Newstand? As I understand it Newstand is more of a folder and a framework for periodical applications, while Google Play Magazine is more akin to Google Books or Kindle in which you deliver content to them in a specific format and their application displays that content.

If I'm not wrong, Newstand allows for much more control of the user experience since you build the application yourself.

Well, there you go.

(I googled 'android newsstand alternative' to no avail).

Yea, I guess it is weird that this doesn't exist on Android.

Thanks for the link - just what I was looking for. Unfortunately it isn't available in the UK.

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