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Google news has gone EVIL.

Not nineNot nine
edited February 2016 in Technology
Google is shutting down Google Reader. PANIC.
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  • chaosof99chaosof99
    What the fuck? Why?
  • AiyakiuAiyakiu
    edited March 2013
    WHAT?! WHAT?! ... WHAT?! .................. WHAT?!
    HOW IN THE HELL AM I KEEPING TRACK OF ALL THESE BLOGS NOW. *mindexplode*
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  • RochelleRochelle
    Link?
  • CramitCramit
    Something about diminishing user base and focus on more popular services (like google plus).
  • Not nineNot nine
    edited March 2013
    Because they are secretly evil.
    Post edited by Not nine on
  • CramitCramit
    http://googlereader.blogspot.com/
  • AiyakiuAiyakiu
    edited March 2013
    I just logged into my Google Reader and it warned me it was closing July 1st.
    Cue me crying hysterically and wondering how on earth I'm going to keep track of things now.
    Post edited by Aiyakiu on
  • chaosof99chaosof99
    So, what do I use instead of Google Reader?
  • Dragonmaster LouDragonmaster Lou
    Oh crap. This is highly disappointing...
  • beefybeefy
    Yea, this really sucks.
  • 2bfree2bfree
    Fuck. Starting to dislike Google.
  • BronzdragonBronzdragon
    Fuck. Starting to dislike Google.
    Whoa, let's not over-react now.
  • La Petit MortLa Petit Mort
    Anyone know any good alternatives?
  • ChurbaChurba
    Anyone know any good alternatives?
    Death.

  • RymRym
    I stopped using it about a year ago, so I can't say that I mourn its loss.
  • Dragonmaster LouDragonmaster Lou
    I stopped using it about a year ago, so I can't say that I mourn its loss.
    So what do you use for RSS? Or is RSS a dead technology to you?
  • JasonJason
    I haven't used Google Reader in a while, but that's not really the issue. The issue is that Google's history of turfing its products so regularly makes it hard to invest in the new ones it launches.
  • MATATATMATATAT
    edited March 2013
    It's like signing up for newsletters. It can be a little overbearing when all these subscribed sites start dumping content all the time. I do like reader to update me when new podcasts are available because itunes fucking sucks at self updating. It does it eventually, but for some reason not at application launch.
    Post edited by MATATAT on
  • AiyakiuAiyakiu
    So no one has a viable Google Reader replacement?
  • Not nineNot nine
    So no one has a viable Google Reader replacement?
    Yet. The news has been out for less than a day. We have 3 months to find an alternative/for people to make an identical copy.
  • trogdor9trogdor9
    So no one has a viable Google Reader replacement?
    http://www.newsblur.com/ - they're having some load issues right now, but it seems like the nicest alternative.

    Also an article worth reading:
    http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/13/4101534/feedly-clones-google-reader-api


    I haven't used RSS for quite a while now, so I won't miss Reader. General Internet awareness + Pocket have replaced it entirely for me.
  • RymRym
    RSS is dying. Outside of nerds, most people don't consciously use it.
  • Dragonmaster LouDragonmaster Lou
    RSS is dying. Outside of nerds, most people don't consciously use it.
    Yes, but we are nerds. :)
  • NeitoNeito
    So no one has a viable Google Reader replacement?
    According to Reddit, http://theoldreader.com is a good replacement.
    RSS is dying. Outside of nerds, most people don't consciously use it.
    It was a perpetual part of my "Learn new information" mindflow. Also, it's the "engine" behind my podcatcher, so there's that.

    I could learn to live without it, but I'm not sure I want to, at least for my webcomic tracking, as well as a few side things (mostly blogs and things like that). News can be had with Google News faster and easier than GReader.
  • DaikunDaikun
    edited March 2013
    I just gave Old Reader a try. It sucks.

    I mainly use Google Reader to subscribe to video podcasts, and they each have a convenient direct link to each video. Old Reader can't even do that.

    I also can't rename my subscriptions or scrunch my list of feeds down from All to Updated.
    Post edited by Daikun on
  • ApsupApsup
    RSS is dying. Outside of nerds, most people don't consciously use it.
    Podcasts are dying, outside of nerds most people don't even know what they are. Irc is dying, basically no-one uses that anymore. Last generation consoles are dying, there hasn't been new games to them in ages.

    Just because something isn't hugely popular with common crowd doesn't mean it doesn't have value for those who still use it. Just because something is dying doesn't mean it's fine to just pull the plug and kill it outright.

  • RymRym
    Podcasts are dying. We're working on moving more and more into video and standalone content just for that very reason.

    Just because something isn't hugely popular with common crowd doesn't mean it doesn't have value for those who still use it. Just because something is dying doesn't mean it's fine to just pull the plug and kill it outright.
    So would you pay for Google Reader? Why should Google keep supporting and hosting it for free?

    Companies don't bother with products that aren't popular, aren't profitable, or don't appear to have any growth potential.

    Google isn't stupid. They're killing it for some combination of these reasons. It just isn't popular enough to bother with.

    Podcasts really aren't either. This is why podcatchers have languished in mediocrity for so long.

  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/13/4101534/feedly-clones-google-reader-api
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    edited March 2013
    Yeah, I mean, podcasts are mostly within the realm of iTunes at this point. There are some apps that can get podcasts on your mobile devices, but that's only because it's their goal to simulate a radio station. Look at stuff like Buzzam or Stitcher.
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  • VigaViga
    I'm actually surprised people really care about Google Reader. I stopped using it years ago. Then again, it never really caught on with me.
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