I believe the "loyal userbase" would be large enough to sustain a startup. But sadly that is not enough for google anymore.
Google Reader shutting down
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#32Are there any alternative sources of archival RSS feeds like those that Google Reader (unofficially) provides?
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#33NOOOOO!
It is my most accessed browser URL.
It is the primary method I peruse new stuff on the web.
It is the only RSS app that can handle my volume of RSS subscriptions (all others choke and sputter once the feed total is greater than a couple hundred).
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#34This has been a long time coming. Four years ago I began work on my own feed reader, NewsBlur, and it's now a full-fledged Google Reader competitor. It's also a paid app and has been paying for itself nearly since the beginning. http://www.newsblur.com I hope HN finds NewsBlur useful, especially since it's got native mobile apps on iOS (iPhone+iPad), Android, Windows Phone, and Nokia MeeGo. Native story sharing was l…
Is there a way to import your google reader list into it?
You bet! It's OAuth-based import, so when you create your account it's just a click away. Couldn't be easier.
EDIT: And OPML is the other option when you signup. It's an easy import process, since it's really quite important to get that part right.
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#35I've used it every day for years... Anyone run an instance of http://www.feedafever.com ? How is it?
I really like Fever. It imports and exports OPML, so it was easy move from NetNewsWire to Fever and back to other feed apps and backups. The Fever's mobile view works very nicely. Easy to install and it automatically updates itself.
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#37Why are they shutting it down? I mean heaps of people must still use it. I bet a shit load of people use for Google Alerts as well, lots of businesses. Far if it costed too much, i bet people would be happy to fork out $10 a year for it? I've been using it daily for the past 4 years, to be honest nothing comes that close to it, and most likely the majority of people who use RSS readers use Google Reader. Also now mos…
> Why are they shutting it down? Because they would rather that you use Google+. The writing was on the wall when they started disabling features a year or two ago.
They should shut down Google search as well while there at it, and redirect it to Google+.
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#38These web companies prove over and over again that it's not possible to trust them with your data. What would stop Google from killing your gmail or docs when they don't see it as valuable anymore? The worst part is how the big guys kill all competition with their free products leaving few alternatives for users.
You can get all your Gmail data over standard IMAP. If you don't take advantage that to make personal backups, you are a fool.
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#39Netvibes is another alternative (it has a widget and reader view).
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#40Pretty irritated at the way Google takes moderately successful services that can't possibly cost them all that much to keep running and puts them down the memory hole, to foster the happy illusion that everything that everything that Google does turns to gold.
I'm sure there's more engagement with Reader than Plus, with its millions of users who don't really use it (many of whom aren't even really aware that they are signed up for it).