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A lot of people were using RSS. Then Google found RSS feeds were hurting Google ad revenues and so Google killed it. Since Firefox these days trails Google, it
by agnelvishal 8y ago
A lot of people were using RSS. Then Google found RSS feeds were hurting Google ad revenues and so Google killed it. Since Firefox these days trails Google, it too stopped supporting RSS feeds
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- zaphar 8y agoI was there during the turndown. As I remember, RSS had almost no impact on revenue positive or negative. That is why Reader was shutdown actually. Because not enough people used it to impact the bottom line and make it worth keeping.
- moogly 8y agoI don't buy it, because then they would've killed Google+ way earlier.
- Andrex 8y agoMultiple factors go into the decision to kill a product; Google+ had a much larger investment and profile, it would make sense Google would be more skittish about killing it than Reader.
- layoutIfNeeded 8y agoStill had more impact than Google+
- kgwxd 8y agoRSS can't be killed by anyone, thats what makes it good.