The boring “what I had to do to comply with Guardian API terms and conditions” post. In a nutshell:
- No large images
- No inline audio/video
- Removing articles that the Guardian didn’t have rights to distribute via the API
- Added the most asked-for feature — ads!
Regarding the removed articles: I’ve chosen to remove entirely rather than just display headlines because it was annoying to keep clicking articles and finding that you couldn’t see the thing without being re-directed to the Guardian website.
On the other hand, the app is now missing a few ‘breaking news’ articles so I may re-introduce those articles in the future but place them in a dedicated area on the page so users know what to expect.
I may also redesign the page now that it’s missing the larger images, as it looks a bit weak now. Not sure yet though.
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