Re:Google Groups kills RSS support without notice
by slightwinder on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @06:53AM
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> According to the Play store, the app I use has "100,000+ downloads" which hardly points to a dead ecosystem.
But that is far away from Google-Scale. Anything under 5-10 million is likely not in googles eye.
But I think the actual problem with google and rss is the isolation of users choice that google seems to dislike. Google is strong on AI-assisting the users. They seem to prefer giving the people tools which guide them and learn the choices of the user, instead of letting the user choose themself. And RSS is a big obstacle for this as it's outside their control.
But that is far away from Google-Scale. Anything under 5-10 million is likely not in googles eye.
But I think the actual problem with google and rss is the isolation of users choice that google seems to dislike. Google is strong on AI-assisting the users. They seem to prefer giving the people tools which guide them and learn the choices of the user, instead of letting the user choose themself. And RSS is a big obstacle for this as it's outside their control.