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Re:RIP Google Reader by pedrogpimenta on Thursday March 25, 2021 @12:24PM (#26582192)
Adding to what people answered:

I think it's the ripple effect of ending that service. It meants RSS was dead. It probably was dying a slow death but that was the final straw.

Websites stop supporting RSS feeds more and more so we are left with nothing else than following them through facebook or twitter or whatever new thing comes on.

That's my take on it.

Still, the sites that matter (to me) do still have RSS feeds :)

Re:RIP Google Reader by darekkay on Thursday March 25, 2021 @03:16PM (#26584216)
> It meants RSS was dead.

This has been claimed for years, but it's simply not true:

> Still, the sites that matter (to me) do still have RSS feeds :)

Re:RIP Google Reader by lrem on Friday March 26, 2021 @05:26AM (#26590177)
Seems everyone and their dog moved their long-form into medium. And it does RSS. So, it's back to being mainstream?