Comments on: Google Reader lived on borrowed time: creator Chris Wetherell reflects

By: Ryan Williams

Ryan Williams — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:08:17 +0000

I’d invite you to try memamsa, we speak RSS natively and give you complete control over your sources. ( http://memamsa.com/start )

By: Jim Spofford

Jim Spofford — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:31:54 +0000

Seems to me there are more than enough loyal Reader users that would be willing to pay real money to keep Reader alive and running at Google. Why the hell won’t they consider (or maybe they have?) that directly monetizing this product is an option worth pursuing?

By: kps

kps — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:22:06 +0000

Is there another good RSS reader out there to use now that Google is removing their service?

By: RRamalho

RRamalho — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:12:26 +0000

“Rivers of information” just don’t work if you don’t like to lose news. The rivers approach is bad because you can lose information, that you wouldn’t if information was presented to you in an “outlook” way.

That’s just sad, thank you Google.

By: Alex Lee

Alex Lee — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:13:49 +0000

This is Google’s Apple Maps moment. Now is when Google lost the trust of many of its core evangelists, when Google made them feel like they’re the product. Who will entrust Google with their business workflow now, when it can be arbitrarily yanked without warning? At least when you have a local license, you can ensure your work will flow uninterrupted even if the vendor goes under. Goodwill has a monetary value, and I suspect Google has lost billions in one bad decision.

By: heenan73

heenan73 — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:36:05 +0000

The simplest solution seems to be http://www.theoldreader.com

But there’ll be a wait importing your subscriptions from Google – there’s a queue – currently at 26474, so be patient!

By: heenan73

heenan73 — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:03:12 +0000

“Sign up with facebook”? No Thanks, Arjan!

By: Agent Provocateur

Agent Provocateur — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:15:44 +0000

Facebook means nothing to me and I resent outfits trying to steer me onto Farcebook. I’d lick a toilet before I’d join Farcebook.

By: Agent Provocateur

Agent Provocateur — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:13:19 +0000

Above you comment that his new venture is on Android. It is also on iOS.

Since it is a paid subscription service, I imagine there are more iOS users given Android’s rep for being the home of the free app only crowd.

https://avocado.io/

By: Kana

Kana — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:04:17 +0000

Sad news of Google Reader.
I’ve replaced it for Netvibes… I think it is more open than Google’s.