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0 pointsSpittie13y ago0 comments

This is a sad news, one of my favourite RSS reader is closing. Google Reader is likely the site I browse the most, and I always have one tab open on it. Also, my phone sync with RSS with it.

I guess it's time to start searching for a new RSS reader. Too bad that I already did it a while ago, and every time I went back to Google Reader.

The biggest problem for me with other feed reader is that they try to add too many features to the simple format that RSS is. No, I don't care about "hot news", and I don't care about "suggested stories", I just want to read the feed I've added to it. My brain is good enough to skim through that list by just reading the title.

And most other reader lack integration with a mobile platform (Android/iOS/WP). Yes, sometimes they have a mobile client, but usually not nearly good enough as 3rd party clients.

Hopefully they'll change their mind, but I doubt it. Time to force myself. Sigh.

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icebraining13y ago

Try Tiny Tiny RSS. It's pretty light, just a list of folders/feeds on a left pane and the items on the right. I've switched from GReader a few months ago and it's working pretty well.

I don't know if there are any 3rd party clients, though. I know it has a mobile UI, but it's web, not native.

SpittieOP13y ago

Thanks, I looked into it some times ago. Liked it, but didn't bother to switch since Google Reader was working so nicely for me.

I know it has a mobile app for android, but it always seemed sub-par to gReader or Press for me.

axusgrad13y ago

I've been using "RSS Feed Reader" Google plugin, which was the first thing I came across. This thread is a nice place for seeing other options.

If an API or service is really valuable, Google shutting their version down shouldn't be too bad. Other people can try to make some money offering a replacement.

pauljonas13y ago

I have, over the years, experimented with all of the RSS reader alternatives and found them to be lacking. Especially in handling the volume of feeds I subscribe to (I subscribe to thousands of feeds, see it as a stream to dip into, not zealously sop up every item, and browse through).

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