One of the easiest ways to get the latest helping of news on Android is to boot up the Google News app. However, easy isn’t necessarily synonymous with best. Google News is plagued by several significant issues, including a tendency to promote inflammatory sources and inadequate tools for proper user content moderation. While I find it difficult to pull myself away due to its ease of use, these issues have slowly driven me to seek alternatives.In that search, I’ve stumbled upon some unconventional solutions, from transforming Perplexity’s Comet browser into a full-time news tool to reconsidering the use of an RSS app. But whether it’s due to new service friction or old service familiarity, none of these methods has stuck.