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The Old Reader RSS app closes registration after months of 'hell'
- hpaavola 13y agoWhen Google Reader announced it will be shut down, I - like many others - started to look around for a replacement. I was looking for a reader that has a nice mobile web UI with aggregated list of all articles (unread or not). Turned out that there aren't many readers that support mobile browsers, most want you to install some app. The Old Reader and FeedBin were the only ones that came even close to what I was looking for. So I created account for both of those. After some time I just got frustrated for both and set up feed2imap and now I don't have to worry if and when my RSS reader is going to shut its doors.
- Concours 13y agoHey, we actually have a similar workflow/setup with http://www.feedsapi.org http://www.feedsapi.org , and forward all full content rss articles in realtime to email inboxes, evernote, instapaper.... we found out , this gives more control to our users.
- hpaavola 13y agohttp://blog.theoldreader.com/post/56798895350/desperate-times-call-for-desperate-measures http://blog.theoldreader.com/post/56798895350/desperate-time... the actual source
- rolleiflex 13y agoWhat I don't understand is this: If you want to get rid of users you already have, why don't you charge them an exorbitant amount? You'll get cash for your effort, and those who really like your product will stay. The rest will naturally leave. Doing manually what the free market would have done automatically and much more efficiently seems like a waste of their effort.
- koralatov 13y agoIt doesn't even need to be an exorbitant amount: charge each user $2 a month for the continuation of service and they'll shed the freeloaders without alienating their real fans.
- webjunkie 13y agoMaybe they are too exhausted for even that. Set up a payment system when you're sleep deprived? No thanks.