I use Newsblur as my aggregator and it solves a few of the gripes. Adding feeds is as simple as pasting the url into the add field. Their web app is pretty good

I use Newsblur as my aggregator and it solves a few of the gripes. Adding feeds is as simple as pasting the url into the add field. Their web app is pretty good IMO as well as their native iOS app. I prefer using Unread on my iPhone to read my feed and am experimenting with NNW on the Mac but will probably keep using the web app.