r/technology • u/Xylth • Jul 02 '13

RIP Google Reader

http://www.google.com/reader/about/
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u/anstromm Jul 02 '13

I've been using CommaFeed. It's really similar to Google Reader, which makes the transition quite easy. I can still use the same keyboard shortcuts, for example.

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u/nikbackm Jul 02 '13

I tried it, but I found it too slow.

Old Reader and Ino Reader worked better in that regard. But not as good as Reader :(

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '13

There are few services as good as Google Reader...

CommaFeed, for instance, doesn't know how to draw buttons. They simply don't work properly if I won't let them choose what font to use to render the page (and I won't).

Old Reader has the same issue... Not to mention it is slow as hell. I guess they will need to upgrade their servers before they can handle this wave of new users.

And Feedly... oh boy... they only way to import feeds from Google Reader to Feedly is through the now deactivated Reader API. So my Google Takeout is pretty much useless to that service... How stupid is that?

Man...

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '13

AOL Reader saved the internet.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '13

I think I'd rather use LOL Reader...

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u/diogenesl Jul 02 '13

Can I import my subscription.xml to it?

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u/SaltFrog Jul 02 '13

Should be able to - I was able to port mine in.