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Re:Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023) by sharperguy on Saturday February 24, 2024 @01:34PM (#39493943)
It was the perfect execution of Microsoft's "embrace, extend and destroy" tactic. Another example was ditching XMPP support in google chat / hangouts.
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Re:Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023) by doublerabbit on Saturday February 24, 2024 @01:53PM (#39494116)
As well as disabling Usenet groups readership.
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Re:Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023) by medstrom on Saturday February 24, 2024 @03:33PM (#39494923)
Ironically, Usenet seems to be growing more popular! For all the same reasons alternative social media are growing.

Google Groups shut down for good three days ago, so their fingers are out of the pie, but humans haven't used that for a while, they just sign up on services like https://www.eternal-september.org/ and hook up a NNTP client.

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Re:Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023) by Andrex on Saturday February 24, 2024 @06:23PM (#39496073)
I thought Usenet users wanted that due to spam from Groups?
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