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Goodbye Google Reader

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Re: Goodbye Google Reader

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It's a real shame that Google Reader has been neglected for years now.

It is a shame RSS has been neglected for years as well. I blame Twitter basically doing the exact same thing, worse, and entirely in JS and with a platform lock to their service.

You could just as well argue that if there had been robust uptake of Twitter's RSS feeds it would not have been so easy for them to kill the feature.

Re: Goodbye Google Reader

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I used Google Reader for years and years as a central repository for all of the webcomics i read.

I switched to Newsblur this year and haven't looked back. It definitely has a better take on sharing.

Re: Goodbye Google Reader

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post #7

In case there's any confusion, the article's actual title is "Goodbye ubiquitous digital service" and uses the phrase "most ubiquitous RSS service of our time" as a euphemism for "Google Reader", hence the headline here.

I was wondering about that. Why would the author want to mask the name of the service in question?

Re: Goodbye Google Reader

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Fever looks interesting. However, the video that walks through installing recommends changing the permissions on a folder and its contents (complete with executable code) to 777.

O_O

Not sure I trust you with my feeds.

Re: Goodbye Google Reader

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post #14
post #7

In case there's any confusion, the article's actual title is "Goodbye ubiquitous digital service" and uses the phrase "most ubiquitous RSS service of our time" as a euphemism for "Google Reader", hence the headline here.

I was wondering about that. Why would the author want to mask the name of the service in question?

I think it's just an oddly passive-aggressive writing style. He also keeps talking about services not selling his personal information, implying (I think) that Google does. However, that's of course not true, as it would violate Google's privacy policy and be a moronic business move in general.

Honestly, I think it's great if the author wants to sing the praises of some new products or services he found to replace his old ones, but that's not really how this read. It had this awkward tone of thinly veiled innuendo, without really saying anything. If the author found new services he thinks are better, I'd find it much more helpful as a reader if he actually expound on what makes the new choices so good.

Re: Goodbye Google Reader

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Too bad most of the RSS readers on iOS just plug in to Google Reader for feed management. Somehow they went from manual RSS to manual + Google Reader to Google Reader exclusive.

Re: Goodbye Google Reader

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post #9
post #6

It's a real shame that Google Reader has been neglected for years now.

It is a shame RSS has been neglected for years as well. I blame Twitter basically doing the exact same thing, worse, and entirely in JS and with a platform lock to their service.

I would argue RSS was neglected by Twitter doing certain things better, things that the average user cares about
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