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Re:The Web We Have to Save by greggman on Monday August 03, 2015 @02:01PM (#9998342)
I would love to use Feedly but Feedly requires an extension to use who's only possible purpose is to spy on you. The extension provides zero features that could not be provided without it. Since it's required (as opposed to optional) the only logical explanation is its spying on you.
Re:The Web We Have to Save by thomasmarcelis on Monday August 03, 2015 @02:22PM (#9998529)
What? I use feedly daily but don't have a feedly extension. You can just go to feedly.com
Re:The Web We Have to Save by sombremesa on Monday August 03, 2015 @04:07PM (#9999381)
They used to require an extension but they don't any longer. Also, their mobile apps are amazing. I don't believe Google Reader had anything like that.
Re:The Web We Have to Save by greggman on Monday August 03, 2015 @06:39PM (#10000383)
Good to know. Sorry. I should have checked to see if they got rid of that requirement
Re:The Web We Have to Save by ProCynic on Monday August 03, 2015 @06:33PM (#10000364)
I used the google reader android app before it was shuttered.
Re:The Web We Have to Save by tajen on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @02:59AM (#10002048)
Correct! I use The Old Reader, free, because it's awesome. I remember now why I did this choice, and indeed invasive browser extensions which ask for * access to all my sites are a big no-no. Whenever I want to use a web-screenshot tool, I do it in a separate profile.
Re:The Web We Have to Save by manigandham on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @03:23AM (#10002096)
This is no longer true, Feedly is completely accessible by browser, no extension needed.
Re:The Web We Have to Save by yoz-y on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @03:00AM (#10002051)
The extension was required to cache articles back in time when local storage sucked and feedly's infrastructure was not big enough to handle influx of all of the people who had to leave Google Reader.
Re:The Web We Have to Save by DiabloD3 on Monday August 03, 2015 @02:35PM (#9998659)
Citation needed.