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What the fuck. Later edit: Like many other will most likely do in their replies I'm also going to suggest an alternative that I've tried in the past. http://theoldreader.com/ Later edit 2: They even added a nice pop-up now. https://s3.amazonaws.com/i.imm.io/Zg6A.png
I'll take the blame for this. I use Google Reader heavily, but I never go to the web pages. I have native apps on my desktop and mobile devices and just use Reader to keep my subscriptions synced. No ad views, no service.
If that was a problem, they should've offered paid subscriptions. I refuse to see ads, but I'll happily pay for the privilege. I find the Google Reader web interface to be dreadful and ugly, so I never go there except to manage my RSS feeds. Third party devs have created newsreader apps so much better than Google did, it's not even funny.
Yeah, but they don't want us as customers, they want to sell us as Soylent Green out the back door.
With this news, the only remaining things I'll use Google for are search, GMail, and some libraries like Guice & Guava.
I presume this death announcement doesn't meet the criteria for a HN black banner though.
Edit: I think there's a 50/50 chance this decision gets reversed.
Edit: looks like http://feedly.com is going to get my vote for now.
This is a sad news, one of my favourite RSS reader is closing. Google Reader is likely the site I browse the most, and I always have one tab open on it. Also, my phone sync with RSS with it. I guess it's time to start searching for a new RSS reader. Too bad that I already did it a while ago, and every time I went back to Google Reader. The biggest problem for me with other feed reader is that they try to add too many…
Try Tiny Tiny RSS. It's pretty light, just a list of folders/feeds on a left pane and the items on the right. I've switched from GReader a few months ago and it's working pretty well. I don't know if there are any 3rd party clients, though. I know it has a mobile UI, but it's web, not native.
I know it has a mobile app for android, but it always seemed sub-par to gReader or Press for me.
Curse this decision - I use Google Reader every day. What is the best alternative RSS reader ??
I'll take the blame for this. I use Google Reader heavily, but I never go to the web pages. I have native apps on my desktop and mobile devices and just use Reader to keep my subscriptions synced. No ad views, no service.
The service itself at that level is comparatively straightforward. Hopefully someone (twentyfivesquares?) will step up and offer a replacement. I'd be willing to pay.