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Re:How Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023) by asveikau on Saturday August 01, 2026 @06:54PM (#49139373)
It has the vibe of a corporate company doing post hoc justification for a decision they already made.

And then the commenter provides a parallel to how willing they were to put money into Google+, i.e. they appear willing to put money into a relatively low usage product when they feel like doing it.

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Re:How Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023) by dredmorbius on Saturday August 01, 2026 @08:08PM (#49139843)
G+ plausibly challenged an existential threat: Facebook.

Reader had no such strategic leverage, at least to Google execs' understanding.

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