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A few folks here are asking why old timers still mourn Google Reader when there are so many good alternatives available now. I agree, there are. It even opened
by kepano 6y ago
A few folks here are asking why old timers still mourn Google Reader when there are so many good alternatives available now. I agree, there are. It even opened the door for many more tools in the space. I love using Feedly, Reeder, and NetNewsWire.
But to me the sadness comes from seeing the open web continue to fray. At the time Google felt like an important part of the open web, and RSS was part of the glue that held it together. Discontinuing Google Reader felt like an admission that Google did not stand for those values anymore.
- kawfey 6y agoWhy are you using 3 different readers?
- kepano 6y agoI use Feedly for sync, Reeder for iOS and NetNewsWire for Mac
- ghaff 6y ago>But to me the sadness comes from seeing the open web continue to fray. That's really the thing. People lash out at Google because it's a concrete target. And probably one of the worse examples of Google killing something that seemed clearly in the purview of an early mission to organize information. I'm often a bit surprised that Blogger has survived. But it's also emblematic of the fact that a fairly niche open web activity was becoming even more niche.