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We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

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Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

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Post by marginalia_nu »

reddalo wrote: post #10

People don't understand how much RSS is useful... I'm still angry at Google for killing Reader. It was the best way to consume content on the web.

> I'm still angry at Google for killing Reader. It was the best way to consume content on the web.

I never used Reader so I'm not genuinely curious, what about it makes it difficult for someone to just create a copy of the service?

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

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Post by rado »

SanjayMehta wrote: post #16
reddalo wrote: post #10

People don't understand how much RSS is useful... I'm still angry at Google for killing Reader. It was the best way to consume content on the web.

NetNewsWire on ios+macos+icloud for sync That’s the best solution if you’re on Apple.

This is one of the best apps of any kind on any platform. It just works flawlessly.

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

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Post by shmageggy »

mikro2nd wrote: post #7
throwuxiytayq wrote: post #5

It's too much work and effort to maintain such complicated legacy technology for the incredibly busy brain of a Google engineer.

Yeah... it's not like they working code already in place or anything.

But think of the maintenance cost. It must be dollars per year!

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

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Post by ivanmontillam »

prartichoke wrote: post #12

I have the feeling they're currently in the final stages of development for an alternative and want to remove RSS from all their stuff right now to preemptively avoid people lamenting its sudden removal then.

Maybe I'm to wishful, but if that's the case, then it's probably related to the Fediverse.

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

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Post by rollcat »

throwuxiytayq wrote: post #5

It's too much work and effort to maintain such complicated legacy technology for the incredibly busy brain of a Google engineer.

I wonder what's going on in the head of a person that decides to axe RSS support.

"Surely my user base will continue coming to the landing page of my website to check for updates every day."

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

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Post by Shorel »

reddalo wrote: post #10

People don't understand how much RSS is useful... I'm still angry at Google for killing Reader. It was the best way to consume content on the web.

Without ads. And without using search. And without paying Google to push news headlines on Android devices.

RSS is a menace to Google's bottom line!

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

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Post by Kye »

marginalia_nu wrote: post #21
reddalo wrote: post #10

People don't understand how much RSS is useful... I'm still angry at Google for killing Reader. It was the best way to consume content on the web.

> I'm still angry at Google for killing Reader. It was the best way to consume content on the web. I never used Reader so I'm not genuinely curious, what about it makes it difficult for someone to just create a copy of the service?

It's not about features. It's about defaults. Google Reader was linked right there on the top bar of the world's largest search engine. No one could credibly claim RSS was dead or neglect/remove support for it in the next revision.

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

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Post by rollcat »

reddalo wrote: post #10

People don't understand how much RSS is useful... I'm still angry at Google for killing Reader. It was the best way to consume content on the web.

Since this is now the "my Reader replacement" thread: NetNewsWire, with Miniflux as the sync backend/web reader.

TheOldReader.com is also very good (UI is very heavily Google Reader inspired).

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

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Post by toyg »

bhaak wrote: post #2

> If you've ended up here, chances are you're looking to subscribe to our blog in your RSS feed. > Unfortunately, we don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're actively working on a solution. Well, that certainly means they are going to have RSS feeds in the future. Right?

No no no, they're working on "a solution". That means they will built Google Updates™, a locked-down walled-garden push system with premium tiers.
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