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Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours

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Post by mkr-hn »

rmrfrmrf wrote: post #59
maratd wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> or use something self-hosted Take a look at: http://www.feedafever.com Just installed it. Works just like Google Reader, with a few bonus features. I don't have to worry about being shut down anymore.

Until your favorite blogs realize that RSS is just a money sink and shut down their feeds, which is exactly what Google is subtly prophesying and no one seems to get.

500,000+ potential reach without having to scream over social media noise doesn't seem like a money sink to me.

Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours

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Post by nacs »

Rickasaurus wrote: post #54
fdb wrote: post #50

It scares me that they add 500,000 users and I don't understand how they make money. At this point I'd like to either pay for a service or use something self-hosted to make sure I don't have to go through a painful transition again.

They must be selling your info. Just look at the Chrome access: "Access your data on all websites" and "Access your tabs and browsing activity"

Those permission requests are because of an annoying floating "Share widget" that the Feedly extension adds (semi transparent widget near bottom right of every page you go to that you can click to share the page on FB and such).

Fortunately the 'feature' can be disabled.

Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours

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Post by vonuebelgarten »

dm2 wrote: post #9
pan69 wrote: post #2

Add to Chrome: - Access your data on all websites - Access your tabs and browsing activity Yeah, right. I'm an idiot?

Also no ability to use the RSS reader website without installing an app or extension? What?? No thanks Feedly, I'll pass.

This answer the question about how do they make money. I think there is a lot of buyers for the information they grab with this.

I stick with newsbeuter. No web-based readers for me.

Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours

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Post by wpietri »

itafroma wrote: post #12
Jleagle wrote: post #5

Don't understand why more people are not just sticking with Google Reader until it closes instead of switching now.

If you rely on Google Reader for your daily workflow, figuring out which service or application is a suitable alternative after Reader closes is too late. Unless you're hoping for a 180 from Google, which there's no evidence to support right now, waiting just cuts the amount of time you can use to test the alternatives while still having access to Google Reader as a fallback.

On the other hand, waiting maximizes the amount of time I can continue to be productive while you more eager people test out the alternatives for me.

If I had more time, I'd definitely try a bunch of things. But for now I'm glad that there are a bunch of eager types out there testing the alternatives and posting here.

Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours

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Post by marijn »

rmrfrmrf wrote: post #59
maratd wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> or use something self-hosted Take a look at: http://www.feedafever.com Just installed it. Works just like Google Reader, with a few bonus features. I don't have to worry about being shut down anymore.

Until your favorite blogs realize that RSS is just a money sink and shut down their feeds, which is exactly what Google is subtly prophesying and no one seems to get.

This might sound crazy to you, but many blogs are primarily about broadcasting information, rather than showing ads. From that perspective, having a feed is a no-brainer.

Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours

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Post by mkr-hn »

angusgr wrote: post #64

As far as I can tell Feedly has no OPML export feature, so if it eventually goes away it's a dead end for users. (Please prove me wrong, but I searched the site and also installed the extension to try and find one.)

It's a frontend for Google Reader right now. I think most are assuming the option will appear when they switch over to their own API after Reader goes dark.

However, you should vote on the suggestion just in case: https://feedly.uservoice.com/forums/192636-suggestions/sugge...

Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours

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Post by mikeleeorg »

icelancer wrote: post #25
MatthewPhillips wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also it adds a button to the bottom right of every web page. I immediately uninstalled when I learned this. Newsblur has no such shenanigans and is developed by a HNer.

Was very excited to try Newsblur. It's not free, for those wondering, and free accounts are temporarily suspended. Oh well. Time to move on.

Clickable:

https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur

Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours

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Post by guygurari »

rmrfrmrf wrote: post #59
maratd wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> or use something self-hosted Take a look at: http://www.feedafever.com Just installed it. Works just like Google Reader, with a few bonus features. I don't have to worry about being shut down anymore.

Until your favorite blogs realize that RSS is just a money sink and shut down their feeds, which is exactly what Google is subtly prophesying and no one seems to get.

RSS feeds can be monetized. For example, Daring Fireball [1] sells weekly 'sponsored posts' on the RSS feed, in addition to selling ads on the site.

[1] http://daringfireball.net

Re: More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined Feedly in the past 48 hours

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Post by angusgr »

mkr-hn wrote: post #67
angusgr wrote: post #64

As far as I can tell Feedly has no OPML export feature, so if it eventually goes away it's a dead end for users. (Please prove me wrong, but I searched the site and also installed the extension to try and find one.)

It's a frontend for Google Reader right now. I think most are assuming the option will appear when they switch over to their own API after Reader goes dark. However, you should vote on the suggestion just in case: https://feedly.uservoice.com/forums/192636-suggestions/sugge...

Ah, right, thank you. I hadn't realised they weren't importing, just accessing.

I'm not a feedly user so I don't mind but thanks for the link to the suggestion, good to see it's being considered.

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