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Re:At its peak, Google Reader had 30M users but no executive... by RamblingCTO on Thursday July 13, 2023 @08:59AM (#36708425)
Why would I want to pay monthly for a feed reader? What's the added value? Why feedbin? I was building something similar for newsletters with newsletterify.com. The value proposition was simple: clean inbox, help with information overload. I also wanted to add summaries and recommendations. Help me out with all the information overload. It would've been similarly priced. And I probably would've thrown in an RSS reader later. (I want to continue the project later this year, but now I'm drowned)
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Re:At its peak, Google Reader had 30M users but no executive... by j1elo on Thursday July 13, 2023 @09:31AM (#36708845)
I don't have much to add to the discussion about feed readers, but I think you're seeing a good lesson on the value of actually shipping. It is harder than it seems.

Their value, for now, is that they managed to push it through and actually deliver a solid product (apparently, from what the commenter said), with a sensible form of self-sustaining, so users can rely on it still existing in 3 years time. That's also itself part of the value proposition, for lots of users.

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Re:At its peak, Google Reader had 30M users but no executive... by RamblingCTO on Friday July 14, 2023 @04:41AM (#36721101)
I see that! But I also shipped 2markdown.com and I have a main gig where I also ship. I shipped newsletterify as well, it's up and running but didn't attract any users at all. So I'll do a second run later this year, with a rewrite and a different pricing model (adding a free tier).
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Re:At its peak, Google Reader had 30M users but no executive... by j1elo on Friday July 14, 2023 @05:41AM (#36721640)
Woah you have a good amount of products going on, no wonder you're swamped. Congrats on all those, and wish you good luck with them and future launches!
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Re:At its peak, Google Reader had 30M users but no executive... by RamblingCTO on Sunday July 16, 2023 @03:48AM (#36744575)
Thank you so much! It's a lot, but it's fun most of the times!
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