Re:Truly unified inbox – BlackBerry got it right and nobody ...
by qbasic_forever on Thursday April 29, 2021 @12:09AM
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Google Reader made RSS feel just like Gmail (which isn't the same as email in general I will agree, but close enough for many people). It was fast, dense, and easy to scan days and weeks of content in a single sitting. I'm _still_ mad they gave it the axe so Vic Gundotra could juice the numbers on failing Google+.
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Re:Truly unified inbox – BlackBerry got it right and nobody ...
by atemerev on Thursday April 29, 2021 @06:38AM
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Well, RSS stands against the entire Google’s business model, so the Reader was doomed from the start. Google later went all in to discredit and eliminate the entire idea of feeds and aggregators, as it was dangerous for its business, which required maximizing users engagement and removing their ability to skip ads.