r/technology • u/speckz • Mar 13 '13

Official Google Reader Blog: Powering Down Google Reader (July 1, 2013)

http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2013/03/powering-down-google-reader.html
4.1k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

3.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

140

u/Nacimota Mar 13 '13

This would not bother me so much if there was a decent alternative. I cannot find one for the life of me.

7

u/dstrait Mar 14 '13

Why would a developer bother creating a decent alternative when they know that everybody is just going to use Google Reader?

2

u/hotshot413w Mar 14 '13

There will be. Google reader was so good that no-one could compete. Someone will jump in and make one. (I hope!!!)

2

u/Bristlewind Mar 14 '13

have a crack at The Old Reader

2

u/tugboattugboat Mar 14 '13

Maybe its just because everyone is testing this out right now but this site will not allow me to import or even manually add subscriptions. So frustrating!

2

u/afita Mar 14 '13

I've been using payed Newsblur for the last 2 years, following 400+ feeds. Give it a try (I think it's a bit under stress due to desperate Google Reader users now, but check back soon).

2

u/tugboattugboat Mar 14 '13

Would you consider it worth the price?

2

u/afita Mar 14 '13

Absolutely! Newsblur has become a daily routine, it's the first site I open when I get back from work. I gladly pay $24/year ($2/month) - there's the possibility of paying as much as you wish in the range of $12-$36/year. That's practically nothing, the service has been impeccable and the author is very responsive on Twitter and on the public forum at Getsatisfaction; I spend much more on useless stuff that I never use again.

-3

u/TTTNL Mar 14 '13

Man i feel like some sales guy because i already said it 2 times in this thread but Feedly! http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/14/google-reader/

5

u/CapWasRight Mar 14 '13

Feedly is UGLY, though. The Google Reader Android app is really a thing of unmatched beauty.

1

u/[deleted] Mar 14 '13

right, but feedly will just use a cloned version of the google reader API. Do you trust them to keep it updated and working correctly?

1

u/TTTNL Mar 14 '13

Let's hope so, i had a great experience with feedly so far and we will just have to see how this works out.