Google to kill Google Reader

[octopus]

http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/13/g...ring-cleaning/

WHY GOOGLE WHY

[Waraji]

The fk is google reader?

[dejet]

and RSS feed reader. anyways its nothing you cant replace easy, no reason for support of something like that really.

[octopus]

and RSS feed reader. anyways its nothing you cant replace easy, no reason for support of something like that really.

Okay... Sorry for being a smartass, but what are any alternatives to Google Reader? I've tried a few and they all suck.

[dejet]

Id have to look into that, RSS is hardly used anymore ~_~;
Use to use it for torrents but even that I let die. Only one off the top of my head I could think of is NewsBlur, but that seems to be down because of people jumping to it LOL

NewsBlur ‏@NewsBlur
I expect http://www.newsblur.com to be unresponsive as 1000s of new users flee Reader. For you, lovely followers, use http://dev.newsblur.com .

fyi the dev page is down as well >.>

[Grey Jorildyn]

I use google reader every single day or close to it... Man

[Xanthe]

Sad day indeed... It's looking like Feedly will be the way to go from here. It currently syncs with Reader using Google's API, but they have their own product ready for when Reader discontinues service (it's been expected for quite a while). If you start using it now the translation is seamless.

[Ratatapa]

I also got pissed when they killed Push mail on IOS devices

The gmail app is gay imo on IOS

[Xerlic]

Id have to look into that, RSS is hardly used anymore ~_~;

What replaced RSS then? Guess I'm not up with the times cos I still use Google Reader on a daily basis for blogs and news sites lol.

[Xanthe]

http://phandroid.com/2013/03/13/goog...ith-open-arms/

[octopus]

Lots of people still use Google Reader. It's crazy to say it's hardly being used anymore...

[dejet]

What replaced RSS then? Guess I'm not up with the times cos I still use Google Reader on a daily basis for blogs and news sites lol.

facebook, twitter and for the most part apps on my phone that push info I want just as well. The last real use I had for it was torrents and I seem to be using them less and less because of time(that is just me tho so ya)

Its not so much that it is dead and gone, just its not the go to for so many people with tons and tons of other ways to gather info now. and to be frank it never was all that big outside our geek world.

and as people have pointed out there are other services to replace google reader if RSS is how you like to get your info.

[rezn0r]

sad to see it go but feedly seems pretty good, just imported my reader feed to the chrome extension & my android in like 3 clicks

[octopus]

https://www.change.org/petitions/goo...reader-running

[octopus]

Trying a few alternatives and it's not looking good...

- Netvibes interface is very slow, and the feeds don't refresh very often.
- NewsBlur looks good but the site doesn't load at all most of the time
- Feedly requires a browser plugin/addon, why?

The old reader is looking like a champ, but it's also under heavy load right now but I'm leaning towards this site: http://theoldreader.com

[Xanthe]

The addon for Feedly is for the shortcut on the address bar in Chrome. You can still use it without the addon. The mobile app is fantastic.

[octopus]

The addon for Feedly is for the shortcut on the address bar in Chrome. You can still use it without the addon. The mobile app is fantastic.

I don't see how I can use it without the addon... maybe I'm blind. I can't even see a log in button.

[Xanthe]

I don't see how I can use it without the addon... maybe I'm blind. I can't even see a log in button.

I think you're right. I just tried it now in IE9 and there's no way to use it. Looks like Chrome/FireFox only on the PC side of things. Even if it requires the addon, I still think it's a good replacement for Reader.

[octopus]

The problem I have with this restriction is that on work computers I won't be able to install addons to the browsers

[Xanthe]

You could try running a portable version of Chrome from a USB drive.