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The death of reader wasn't as bad as this for me. Soon after reader died, alternatives popped up left and right, and some of them are better than reader ever wa

by uluyol 8y ago

The death of reader wasn't as bad as this for me. Soon after reader died, alternatives popped up left and right, and some of them are better than reader ever was. What alternative is there to gmail/inbox? Unlike an RSS reader, I think it's much more difficult to make an email service that's close to being as good as gmail/inbox while having the same level of features, especially across platforms.

cordite 8y ago
Sure, alternatives popped up, but wit the friction of finding something free and reliable, in my case at least, it resulted in abandoning my rss sources.
pixelrevision 8y ago
I’m with you. Inbox is really nice and mailbox has been killed by Dropbox. The new gmail just isn’t the same thing.
jdhendrickson 8y ago
What do you consider better than reader was? I'm still looking for something that scratches that itch in the same way so I'd really like to hear your opinion.
- Inthenameofmine 8y ago
  Inoreader is a very good alternative now imo. It lacks the way to share and subscribe to other people's shared articles, but i'd still give it a 9/10. On that note, it boggles my mind that no startup has simply coppied google reader's features yet.
cxseven 8y ago
The problem is that the death of Reader also inflicted a death blow to blogs in general. Aggregation was entirely forfeited to Facebook, and clickbait became the norm for driving eyeballs, not fascinating writing that Readers shared and loved. Also, "sort by magic" provided an excellent feed of articles to me in Reader, and all of the alternatives I tried either didn't have a comparable algorithm or their userbase was too small to train it.
m-localhost 8y ago
I'm waiting for https://superhuman.com/ https://superhuman.com/ finally to launch
- giminoshi 8y ago
  Are you already using it? Looks great - I'd like an invite if so.
  - m-localhost 8y ago
    unfortunately no. It was announced a year ago and then nothing happened. But they still seem to be working on...

by uluyol 8y ago

cordite 8y ago

Sure, alternatives popped up, but wit the friction of finding something free and reliable, in my case at least, it resulted in abandoning my rss sources.

pixelrevision 8y ago

I’m with you. Inbox is really nice and mailbox has been killed by Dropbox. The new gmail just isn’t the same thing.

jdhendrickson 8y ago

What do you consider better than reader was? I'm still looking for something that scratches that itch in the same way so I'd really like to hear your opinion.

Inthenameofmine 8y ago
Inoreader is a very good alternative now imo. It lacks the way to share and subscribe to other people's shared articles, but i'd still give it a 9/10. On that note, it boggles my mind that no startup has simply coppied google reader's features yet.

cxseven 8y ago

The problem is that the death of Reader also inflicted a death blow to blogs in general. Aggregation was entirely forfeited to Facebook, and clickbait became the norm for driving eyeballs, not fascinating writing that Readers shared and loved. Also, "sort by magic" provided an excellent feed of articles to me in Reader, and all of the alternatives I tried either didn't have a comparable algorithm or their userbase was too small to train it.

m-localhost 8y ago

I'm waiting for https://superhuman.com/ https://superhuman.com/ finally to launch

giminoshi 8y ago
Are you already using it? Looks great - I'd like an invite if so.
- m-localhost 8y ago
  unfortunately no. It was announced a year ago and then nothing happened. But they still seem to be working on...