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I can't wait to see how long it takes google to scrap it like they did with google reader

• bfuller 4y ago
  RIP google reader
• anotherhue 4y ago
  While Reader still shares a place in my heart along with Firefly, I do wonder if it would have died an ecosystem death anyway? Blogging was on the decline, perhaps they sped it up but I don't think it would have held back the tide. The media consumption landscape is too supercharged with quick hit fast-food to support long form profitably. Can blogs be run non-profitably? Of course, but either the author is time/money rich, or they'll try and hop the influencer train. Blogging for blogs sake seems to be destined for niche-ness.
  • karaterobot 4y ago
    But there are still so many blogs, and even successful companies who charge money for feed readers. It never really went away. I imagine there's a world where Google, still in the RSS space, realized that newsletters were an oddly vibrant market, and were the ones who started alternate-universe Substack.
• ortusdux 4y ago
  I still have reader bookmarked. I keep it next to my gmail bookmark as a reminder to not get overly invested in any one ecosystem/service.