By Nathan Bashaw
Bring Back Google Reader
bringgooglereaderback.com
Bring Back Google Reader
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#2opensource it!
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#3opensource it!
And host it.
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#4meh, everyone and their father has written their own RSS aggregator in ruby. I guess we can expect to see more RSS readers in the future.
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#5Hey—you’re using Google Analytics there. Aren’t you worried that will be shut down?
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#6Hey—you’re using Google Analytics there. Aren’t you worried that will be shut down?
Am I worried? No, I think there's about a 0% chance they'd do that.
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#7props for registering the domain.
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#8There's just too many alternatives and the market is crowded. Even with paying customers, they're focusing on other things..so they won't update the site for a while. If they bring it back, by the time they do, a better alternative wins and they go back into shutting it down. The gif is ok.
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#9Google reader isn't exactly a mission critical service but it gives this cheesy ad from Microsoft more credence...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=...
The lesson here is that services can and do go away.
If you can't accept that use products you install locally instead.
I'll probably get buried for saying this but Google is well within its right to cut the cord on any service it offers.
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#10By the way, credit for this site goes to Nathan Bashaw (@nbashaw). Just wanted to give him some props.