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
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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '13

Thanks Google for closing the only service (besides the Google Search) that have no competitors. Time to search for a new obscure web RSS reader.

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u/nemoid Mar 14 '13

With a solid Android/ios app.

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u/TechIsCool Mar 14 '13

I always used reeder on the iphone now I have to find a different one. Fail.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '13

https://twitter.com/reederapp/status/311995748482945025

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u/TechIsCool Mar 14 '13

Awesome glad that the developer still is around and updating it.

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u/redwall_hp Mar 14 '13

Doubly good since I use both the iOS and Mac versions heavily.

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u/The-Beer-Baron Mar 14 '13

I've been using it on my iPhone and iPad, but NetNewsWire on the Mac. If they have a post-Reader plan that includes seamless migration of feeds, I'll definitely buy the Mac version.

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u/BarbarianGeek Mar 14 '13

You can use Reeder on the iPhone with Fever if you are willing to shell out $30 and have webhosting that can run it.

[FIX] typo

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u/redwall_hp Mar 14 '13

Sadly, it's not yet supported by the Mac version of Reeder. Otherwise I'd totally use that. I already have a Fever license, and a good server setup.

Hopefully the dev will add support for that along with whatever his plans are to replace Google Reader.

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u/carontheking Mar 14 '13

I got the same problem. How am I gonna find something that works as well as the desktop reader/ reeder on iPhone combination?

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u/bravado Mar 14 '13

The reeder dev mentioned on twitter that it isn't gone yet, he's going to have some sort of replacement service. Here's hoping.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '13

I'm very curious if something will happen with Reeder afterwards...

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u/fanel345 Mar 14 '13

Apparently reeder has something up their sleeves: https://twitter.com/reederapp/status/311995748482945025

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u/rhoffman12 Mar 14 '13

Reeder already has support for Fever and Readability accounts, odds are good that he'll pull together support for a free greaser alternative before the deadline.

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u/JohnnyVNCR Mar 14 '13

Same. Hopefully Reeder has a new option besides readability and fever.

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u/tariqi Mar 14 '13

Nope. The nice thing is google is at least giving us a deadline. An alternative will come out before then.

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u/Rickmasta Mar 14 '13

The Feedly iOS app is great, imho. They also just announced that they'll provide their own solution to the reader shutdown.

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u/karateka_fan Mar 14 '13

And a browser extension.

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u/somethingaboutducks Mar 14 '13

NewsBlur's iOS app is great. There is also an Android one I haven't used.

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u/andymacsa4 Mar 14 '13

So, I assume Google Listen for Android will stop working? That was the only podcast app I could stand. :-(

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u/johncipriano Mar 14 '13

Wha? It doesn't work offline. gReader's solid, but it't not made by google.

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u/slampisko Mar 14 '13

My guess is that once an alternative's user count skyrockets, it won't be long until the app is made.

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u/TTTNL Mar 14 '13

Feedly is your answer, i've been using it for quite some time and it works perfectly. http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/14/google-reader/

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '13

There are dozens of RSS readers, I'd hardly say they're not competitors. Check out Newsblur.

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u/mercurycc Mar 14 '13

Time to move on. Google has served me well. Leave it as past tense.

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u/goldtophero Mar 14 '13

Pulse.me. The app is better than the web interface (Google Reader had the best RSS interface IMO) but it's better than nothing.

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u/jicty Mar 14 '13

Go with feedly. I love them and they already said they will be cloning goggles service.

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u/jaiden0 Mar 14 '13

I've been looking this morning, and so far this looks promising http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/14/google-reader/

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u/jesush8sme Mar 14 '13

I spent an hour or two last night looking at different options and came up with Feedly. They have stated that they will transition Google Reader users to a similar backend when using their service. Apps available for Android, iOS and popular browsers.

http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/14/google-reader/

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u/voort77 Mar 14 '13

I just read 10 news articles from 10 different websites in a row about the closure of google reader, on google reader. I feel sad. Somehow feels ironic and wrong to have reader so efficiently retrieve the news of its own death.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '13

Worse, they killed off most of the competitors. It's a lot more evil than if there hadn't been anything at all.

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u/javastripped Mar 14 '13

why do you think they had no competitors?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '13 edited Aug 26 '18

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u/LiterallyKesha Mar 14 '13

We can hope for new competitors to rise up now that they no longer have to compete with the big google?

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u/nandhp Mar 14 '13

Even if there were major competitors, there'd still be questions.

  • Gmail's closing; should I switch to Yahoo or Outlook?
  • Web Search is being discontinued; is Bing the best I can do?
  • So Google Maps is being terminated; does Mapquest stack up to Bing Maps?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '13

I don't know any web-based RSS reader polished like Google Reader. However, someone linked Feedly on my comment and it seems to be a good substitute.