RIP Google Reader

adkadskhj wrote: post #3

I didn't use Google Reader much, what did it do for you that made it memorable? Or perhaps, what are other Readers failing to deliver?

No competition back then.

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Post by theandrewbailey » Thu, Mar 25, 2021, 3:32 PM UTC

"On March 25th, 2021 Google Reader will have been dead for longer than it was alive"

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Post by liopleurodon » Thu, Mar 25, 2021, 3:33 PM UTC

loyal feedly user. thanks feedly

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Post by selykg » Thu, Mar 25, 2021, 3:34 PM UTC

adkadskhj wrote: post #3

I didn't use Google Reader much, what did it do for you that made it memorable? Or perhaps, what are other Readers failing to deliver?

For me, it wasn't so much Google Reader itself, it was a free feed sync source.

So I could subscribe to a feed in Google Reader, then use a 3rd party app (like Reeder or any number of others) to view the feeds I was subscribed to, and it would provide all the tracking and syncing so to speak.

It fills the gap of services like Feedbin, Feedly, and others. Except it was "free" and now I have to pay $50/yr for Feedbin. While this isn't a big deal, I don't track that many feeds so it's kind of unpleasant to pay $50/yr for the 10 feeds I track.

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Post by noman-land » Thu, Mar 25, 2021, 3:35 PM UTC

A very sad day when this was killed. It was my favorite social/intellectual experience at the time. Really never recovered from it.

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Post by gdsdfe » Thu, Mar 25, 2021, 3:37 PM UTC

I really do miss google reader from time to time ... I think I've stopped consuming RSS since it went away