Originally Posted by
DownTheRappitHole
Nice to see Apple pull a Microsoft with the "newstand" crapware that can't be deleted and can't be shoved off into a folder like other crapware (youtube, stocks)
The reason for that is probably technical rather than just Apple wanting to shove newsstand in your face.
Newsstand is really just a special type of folder in the app launching interface (aka Springboard) where the apps (publications) inside it can be subscribed to and update automatically each day.
Since you can't put a folder inside a folder in iOS, and Newsstand
is a folder (more or less), it makes sense that you can't put Newsstand in a folder.