Android Central  Some folks want BlinkFeed -- HTC's home screen
news reader -- to die in a fire. They don't like the idea of
BlinkFeed. They think it's a bad idea (never mind not having
actually used it), and they don't ever want to see it.  We can
grant that wish.  It's perfectly possible to use the HTC One
without BlinkFeed being in the way.  The secret? Just don't use
it.  You don't actually have to set up BlinkFeed. You can ignore
it to your heart's content. It won't use data. It won't use your
battery. And it won't be in the way.   The trick is to set up
your home screens like normal and just never thumb all the way
to the left to the BlinkFeed screen. OK, that's not much of a
trick. Out of sight, out of mind.  Or, of course, you could just
use a custom launcher, which a good many folks likely will do
anyway.  Chances are someone will hack BlinkFeed out of Sense 5
while leaving the rest of the ROM intact. And that's cool. But
that's also more work than not actually using BlinkFeed in the
first place.  Th