Still, I honestly don’t understand why this is the hill people want to die on, what they feel most betrayed about. Like I haven’t seen some people this upset since Firefly was canceled.
RIP Google Reader
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#12I 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?
Hilarious, as all replacements were trying to build a social interaction.
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#13I use Feedly + NetNewsWire. Great combo.
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#14A 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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#15It turns out that Reader's UI assets were stand alone enough that you could just implement the backend API and it all would work.
I saw this originally in a project for viewing your Reader Takeout data[1], and just built on that idea to make my own personal Google Reader experience.
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#16That being said, I have a found NewsBlur a great replacement.
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#17I really do miss google reader from time to time ... I think I've stopped consuming RSS since it went away
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#20A very sad day when this was killed. It was my favorite social/intellectual experience at the time. Really never recovered from it.
The Web hasn't recovered from it, either. In retrospect, they obviously did it to pave way for AMP. Now that AMP is gone, maybe there's a small chance they could bring it back.