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I'm living with Feedly. Reluctantly. I don't think it's very sticky and I'd happily switch to this thing (which is giving me 504 Gateway Time-out right now) if

I'm living with Feedly. Reluctantly. I don't think it's very sticky and I'd happily switch to this thing (which is giving me 504 Gateway Time-out right now) if it's any better.

petercooper 4y ago
Have a quick look at Feedbin. I've been using it for a few years now and it's the most Reader-ish of the options I've found so far. Feedly is too algorithm-y for me.
Arainach 4y ago
What would make an RSS reader sticky? If all you want is an ordered list there aren't many features to keep you attached. I've been using Feedly since Reader shut down and it's been fine. Every time I want to add a new feed via URL I feel it's needlessly difficult and suspect they may have moved my cheese once again, but for reading the feeds I'm subscribed to it works great.
- AlbertCory 4y ago
  > What would make an RSS reader sticky? Exactly: nothing. You can export your feeds and import them somewhere else. Ditto on adding new feeds. I can never remember how to do it, and if I do, it doesn't work anymore.
CharlesW 4y ago
> I'm living with Feedly. Reluctantly. FYI, there are a bunch of apps that sync with Feedly and that you can use as an alternate front end. NetNewsWire (Mac, iOS) is one example that's worth checking out, but there are many options that cover every OS.
seba_dos1 4y ago
I've been using a self-hosted CommaFeed instance for many many years now and it filled a Google Reader-shaped hole in my reading habits perfectly.
dirtyid 4y ago
Stuck in feedly once I started adding notes. Also very few readers has twitter/reddit support.
morsch 4y ago
I tried Feedly for a couple of days, then I switched to Feeder and haven't looked back. Zero dependency on any central service, no user accounts, no upsell, no algorithms. I don't need any synchronization features, though apparently Feeder now has that. You're probably on iOS in which case this is no help to you. On a sidenote, I was shocked to find that basically all sites I read still have RSS feeds.
- AlbertCory 4y ago
  tnx. No, no IOS. I have Feedly on both macOS and Android, and it works fine. But I'm not a Feedly Fanboy. RSS was a great idea, and I think reports of its death are greatly exaggerated.
suddenclarity 4y ago
Do you know how the Android app is now? I'm still on Feedly Classic since they removed a bunch of functionality while trying to push their "own" content. Unfortunately they broke the layout earlier this week so I'm questioning how long it will live on.
- AlbertCory 4y ago
  I'm on Classic, too. They're trying desperately to monetize it. I don't blame them, but I'm not going to be a part of that.

I'm living with Feedly. Reluctantly. I don't think it's very sticky and I'd happily switch to this thing (which is giving me 504 Gateway Time-out right now) if it's any better.

petercooper 4y ago

Have a quick look at Feedbin. I've been using it for a few years now and it's the most Reader-ish of the options I've found so far. Feedly is too algorithm-y for me.

Arainach 4y ago

What would make an RSS reader sticky? If all you want is an ordered list there aren't many features to keep you attached. I've been using Feedly since Reader shut down and it's been fine. Every time I want to add a new feed via URL I feel it's needlessly difficult and suspect they may have moved my cheese once again, but for reading the feeds I'm subscribed to it works great.

AlbertCory 4y ago
> What would make an RSS reader sticky? Exactly: nothing. You can export your feeds and import them somewhere else. Ditto on adding new feeds. I can never remember how to do it, and if I do, it doesn't work anymore.

CharlesW 4y ago

> I'm living with Feedly. Reluctantly. FYI, there are a bunch of apps that sync with Feedly and that you can use as an alternate front end. NetNewsWire (Mac, iOS) is one example that's worth checking out, but there are many options that cover every OS.

seba_dos1 4y ago

I've been using a self-hosted CommaFeed instance for many many years now and it filled a Google Reader-shaped hole in my reading habits perfectly.

dirtyid 4y ago

Stuck in feedly once I started adding notes. Also very few readers has twitter/reddit support.

morsch 4y ago

I tried Feedly for a couple of days, then I switched to Feeder and haven't looked back. Zero dependency on any central service, no user accounts, no upsell, no algorithms. I don't need any synchronization features, though apparently Feeder now has that. You're probably on iOS in which case this is no help to you. On a sidenote, I was shocked to find that basically all sites I read still have RSS feeds.

AlbertCory 4y ago
tnx. No, no IOS. I have Feedly on both macOS and Android, and it works fine. But I'm not a Feedly Fanboy. RSS was a great idea, and I think reports of its death are greatly exaggerated.

suddenclarity 4y ago

Do you know how the Android app is now? I'm still on Feedly Classic since they removed a bunch of functionality while trying to push their "own" content. Unfortunately they broke the layout earlier this week so I'm questioning how long it will live on.

AlbertCory 4y ago
I'm on Classic, too. They're trying desperately to monetize it. I don't blame them, but I'm not going to be a part of that.