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I have been an Opera user from v5 till v11 (it became unbearable at that point). It had RSS, Email, IRC etc support. I seem to remember both internet explorer

I have been an Opera user from v5 till v11 (it became unbearable at that point). It had RSS, Email, IRC etc support. I seem to remember both internet explorer and firefox back then could open RSS feed albeit poorly in comparison. Then came chrome. I resisted switching from Opera until it became useless, but we had Google Reader for feeds even though chrome couldn't read RSS. Reading feeds was not a problem until they killed Reader. Then we were left with chrome with no rss support and no Google Reader. Feedly was to bloaty to keep using. This how i see the progression of chrome killing rss.

onli 5y ago
There are many alternatives to Feedly. Bazqux is probably the best of them. The old reader was back then very similar to Google Reader and still looks similar. FreshRSS is a very nice option to self-host.
- Isthatablackgsd 5y ago
  Also there are few cross-platform standalone RSS softwares; QuiteRSS and RSS-Guard. For Chrome alterivates, Vivaldi have native RSS support. It need to be enabled in the setting to use RSS. Also there are tt-rss for selfhosting.
dfabulich 5y ago
I think it's easier to make the case that "Google" killed RSS rather than "Chrome." Google certainly killed Google Reader. I understand how you feel; improving RSS support in Chrome feels shitty, considering what they did to Reader. Even bringing back Google Reader would be unwelcome, at this point. Having said that, since Google killed Reader, it's not the least bit clear what would you even want Google to do now, in 2021, beyond what they're doing in Chrome. What could possibly make amends for killing Google Reader?
- fomine3 5y ago
  Even both is Google employee, Google Reader team and Chromium team is very different. I don't think the "Google" has consistent thought about RSS.
- hopesthoughts 5y ago
  The answer to the question is nothing, ever!!!

onli 5y ago

There are many alternatives to Feedly. Bazqux is probably the best of them. The old reader was back then very similar to Google Reader and still looks similar. FreshRSS is a very nice option to self-host.

Isthatablackgsd 5y ago
Also there are few cross-platform standalone RSS softwares; QuiteRSS and RSS-Guard. For Chrome alterivates, Vivaldi have native RSS support. It need to be enabled in the setting to use RSS. Also there are tt-rss for selfhosting.

dfabulich 5y ago

I think it's easier to make the case that "Google" killed RSS rather than "Chrome." Google certainly killed Google Reader. I understand how you feel; improving RSS support in Chrome feels shitty, considering what they did to Reader. Even bringing back Google Reader would be unwelcome, at this point. Having said that, since Google killed Reader, it's not the least bit clear what would you even want Google to do now, in 2021, beyond what they're doing in Chrome. What could possibly make amends for killing Google Reader?

fomine3 5y ago
Even both is Google employee, Google Reader team and Chromium team is very different. I don't think the "Google" has consistent thought about RSS.
hopesthoughts 5y ago
The answer to the question is nothing, ever!!!