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Ugh - people should just LET READER GO. Here we have what looks like a cool, well documented, API to a powerful service supported by a major company and instea

Ugh - people should just LET READER GO. Here we have what looks like a cool, well documented, API to a powerful service supported by a major company and instead of talking about the cool things we could build with it we seem to be indulging in that most deplorable and pointless of past times - the fan boy cat fight. This is still called "Hacker" news correct? FYI the translate API is paid - not retired. The rates are very low and free for limited use. Furthermore CalDAV was one of the worst things I have ever had the displeasure to work with - why are we mourning that ? Now - can we please talk about something worthwhile like ... Oh! ... the OP /rant

Samuel_Michon 14y ago
"Ugh - people should just LET READER GO." Yeah, it's been 6 whole days! Some people really dwell in the past, don't they? I don't see what the big deal is, especially since Google has already given us something way better, which will replace RSS, Twitter, Facebook, and probably email – in a couple of months everyone will be using Google+ and we'll have forgotten all about Reader.
- ancarda 14y ago
  How is Google+ a replacement for RSS?
  - camus 14y ago
    he was being sarcastic ;)
- hugofirth 14y ago
  You talk like its a person - it's a damned service ... Plus my point was that the demise of Reader had nothing to do with the OP, and that its continued discussion in any post containing the letter G was pathetic, detracting from more interesting conversations we could and should be having - like the one about the possibilities of the new Drive API... I'm tired of the railroading and the assumption that a for-profit organization has some sacred duty to think about anything more than its bottom-line. That Google thinks beyond its bottom line quit often (Glass, Cars etc...) is to its credit - IMO that it does not do so all the time (Wave, Buzz, Video, Reader etc...) is NOT to its discredit.

Samuel_Michon 14y ago

"Ugh - people should just LET READER GO." Yeah, it's been 6 whole days! Some people really dwell in the past, don't they? I don't see what the big deal is, especially since Google has already given us something way better, which will replace RSS, Twitter, Facebook, and probably email – in a couple of months everyone will be using Google+ and we'll have forgotten all about Reader.

ancarda 14y ago
How is Google+ a replacement for RSS?
- camus 14y ago
  he was being sarcastic ;)
hugofirth 14y ago
You talk like its a person - it's a damned service ... Plus my point was that the demise of Reader had nothing to do with the OP, and that its continued discussion in any post containing the letter G was pathetic, detracting from more interesting conversations we could and should be having - like the one about the possibilities of the new Drive API... I'm tired of the railroading and the assumption that a for-profit organization has some sacred duty to think about anything more than its bottom-line. That Google thinks beyond its bottom line quit often (Glass, Cars etc...) is to its credit - IMO that it does not do so all the time (Wave, Buzz, Video, Reader etc...) is NOT to its discredit.