Re:Google Reader died – and why the web misses it more than ...
by ChrisArchitect on Friday June 30, 2023 @02:12PM
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The 5 billionth eulogy for Google Reader. These vergebait articles are getting tedious last few weeks.
Yes it hurt the web, but at the time there was a lot more going on as far as competition/facebook/walledgardens/apple and especially twitter, which, again, at the time, replaced RSS very effectively for a bit. Context and history is important. And endlessly revisiting it isn't going to make it come back. Improve other platforms/data channels (and there's so many options the last few years for those that want them).
Yes it hurt the web, but at the time there was a lot more going on as far as competition/facebook/walledgardens/apple and especially twitter, which, again, at the time, replaced RSS very effectively for a bit. Context and history is important. And endlessly revisiting it isn't going to make it come back. Improve other platforms/data channels (and there's so many options the last few years for those that want them).