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Re:Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand by jamesgeck0 on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @10:43AM (#19554586)
> it's Google subsidized free existence killed the market for alternatives

Did it? IIRC, there were at least six decent alternatives available when Reader closed. More if you count desktop and mobile applications.

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Re:Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand by s0rce on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @10:58AM (#19554787)
I tested a few that appeared from the ashes. Ended up not liking most of them but eventually found bazqux and pay them money.
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Re:Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand by CobrastanJorji on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @01:57PM (#19556853)
I switched to Feedly the day they announced the shutdown because it could import from Reader, looked like Reader, and used a lot of the same shortcuts. Is bazqux better?
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Re:Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand by acemarke on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @02:47PM (#19557324)
Haven't used Feedly, but I was a hardcore Google Reader user, and I _love_ BazQux Reader. It does exactly what I need - shows RSS, has APIs that allow mobile apps to hook in, is fast, and it _just works_. Totally worth the $20/yr, and I'm amazed more folks don't talk about it.
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Re:Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand by amyjess on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @12:22PM (#19564671)
I found the way Feedly handles scrolling to be aggravating to the point where I couldn't use it.

The Old Reader is great, but it doesn't have a mobile app. For a while, I ended up having accounts with both The Old Reader and Feedly, so I could use The Old Reader on desktop and GReader (a Feedly client) on mobile.

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Re:Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand by jamesgeck0 on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @05:37PM (#19567451)
The Old Reader is compatible with a number of 3rd party clients, including GReader.
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Re:Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand by amyjess on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @05:58PM (#19567580)
Ah thanks. It's been a while since I've used RSS, though... I eventually gave up after a while.
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