To avoid a thread filled entirely with confirmation bias, I'll post to say I used to use RSS extensively until about 5 years ago. I never used Google Reader, so

To avoid a thread filled entirely with confirmation bias, I'll post to say I used to use RSS extensively until about 5 years ago. I never used Google Reader, so the fate of that product didn't affect me. Mostly, my appetite for news has changed, in that I went from passively consuming news to seeking out particular sites and reading more articles -- and also, because of HN, I discover more news than I could organically follow through RSS on my own.