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This bring me memories of when Google Reader closed. The existing back then alternatives got hammered badly by the relatively sudden massive influx of new users
by gmuslera 3y ago
This bring me memories of when Google Reader closed. The existing back then alternatives got hammered badly by the relatively sudden massive influx of new users.
Still the numbers are low, and what users will find is something different from what they used to, but I think the more diverse landscape will push a change in how people use internet to connect each other and to content, beyond reddit/lemmy/etc kind of usage.
- mock-possum 3y agoAw man RIP google reader. That’s the only reason I’m on feedly now
- dingaling 3y ago> This bring me memories of when Google Reader closed Which ironically was a service that centralised consumption of RSS, something that was designed to be decentralised. It was alarming to watch adoption of Google Reader simply because it was more convenient than running one's own RSS client.