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This was exactly what I thought when I heard about Google closing down Reader. I'm glad Marco put this into a coherent article. It is in Google's best interest
by jwr 13y ago
This was exactly what I thought when I heard about Google closing down Reader. I'm glad Marco put this into a coherent article.
It is in Google's best interest to have RSS and individual blogs die. Amusingly enough, it is also what Facebook wants, so the two giants are fully alinged on this one.
About 6 months ago I quit Facebook and Google+, deciding to publish my stuff on my pages and my blog alone, instead of throwing them into closed gardens. I do not regret that decision, even though readership dropped significantly.
- tejaswiy 13y agoI don't get it. Even if all of us RSS reading dinosaurs were to be forced into the information age, we'd probably go to Twitter / Facebook and not G+. So why exactly is the death of RSS in Google's best interest unless they're actively trying to send users away to their competition ?
- wmf 13y agoBy their thinking that social is strategic, to admit that G+ can't win is to admit that Google is dead.