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Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by vosechu_ »

I'm seriously digging Feedly right now. Took 12 seconds to get into it and everything just makes sense. I wish I had found this ages ago.

No need to backup your feeds, it uses your google account for now.

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by talleyrand »

duncan_bayne wrote: post #25
Matsta wrote: post #18

Why 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.

But the thing is that Google+ is wholly different experience. It's not about quickly consuming large amounts of information.

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Post by mh- »

Samuel_Michon wrote: post #46

I'm very disappointed by this. I use Reader to manage all my RSS feeds. I check Reeder on my phone more than I use any other app. It just goes to show, if you're using Google software that has no advertising and isn't used to sell advertising, it could end any day, and it probably will some day. I'll be purchasing a Feedafever license, which also happens to work with Reeder. http://www.feedafever.com/

I'm looking at FaF but not seeing how this works with Reeder?

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by presty »

presty wrote: post #56

what the fuck google? seriously, I'm really pissed with this.

really, how is one's reading habits not useful data for google? you're sitting on a pile of gold. it's a billion times more valuable than the useless google plus desert!

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by saurik »

rbrcurtis wrote: post #63
jws wrote: post #27

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 it was an issue of ad views all they'd have to do is add an ad bar at the top ala gmail.

I think at that point, content creators being aggregated by Google--who are already have a fairly stressful relationship with Google--might accumulate too much ammunition to use against them (as then Google would be directly profiting from aggregating and redistributing content from third-parties in a modified presentation).

Re: Google Reader shutting down

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Post by HelloMcFly »

eridius wrote: post #54
conesus wrote: post #13

This 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…

I've been trying to remember what NewsBlur was called for the past 25 minutes. Thanks for posting this! That said, I lament the lack of a desktop app. I've been using Reeder for OS X, and I'd really like to have some sort of desktop app instead of relying on my iPhone or a website. Have you considered talking to existing app makers (e.g. Reeder) to see if they might want to switch over to using your service as their…

I've been happy with FeedDemon Lite on the Windows desktop for ages. Sad to see I'm losing my sync with Google Reader, but at it'll still serve it's purpose.
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