[slindz]

I agree, removing it was easy enough.

My contention is that Apple is not above using your screen real estate for promotion by default.

[joshstrange]

I get that, I'm just saying there is a world of difference between unremovable (or hard/paid to remove) carrier-installed lockscreen ads (or start menu ads for that matter, looking at you Windows) and a widget on a screen that I'd bet 50% of users have never seen and can remove in <5 seconds. Personally I never use/look at the today screen.

[slindz]

I would take the over on 50% of people seeing it.

Apple sends notifications for those news stories on your Today screen ;)

[abduhl]

You first say that you had to go “hunting” to remove the widget but somehow removing it was “easy enough” in the next post? Something seems a bit hyperbolic between these two posts… which was it? Easy to remove or so hard you had to go hunting?

[slindz]

All of my comments have focused on how Apple is not above promotion by default.

My use of the word 'hunting' was very casual and completely secondary.