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I'm still upset about Google Reader...

masklinn 11y ago
There's at least two of us then. Reader is what made me swear never to rely on a Google service for anything ever again.
- sigjuice 11y ago
  I still don't know how to use the Internet without Google Reader :/
  - sls 11y ago
    https://theoldreader.com/ https://theoldreader.com/ works for me
    - 19870213 11y ago
      Ouch, automatic locale detection, and badly in need of a (proper) translator (for at least Dutch). And no way to switch language that I can find (wouldn't be the first time that was translated with ""). I'm currently using https://blogtrottr.com https://blogtrottr.com to get e-mail updates for RSS/Atom feeds.
      - Gmo 11y ago
        Huh ? You can change the language (I'm in France and I have my theoldreader in English). You just need to click on your login at the top right and go to "Settings" (probably Instellingen in Dutch).
        19870213 11y ago
        I don't have an account there. But I just figured out that using: https://theoldreader.com/?locale=en https://theoldreader.com/?locale=en will also get me English text. That enables me to properly evaluate it before signing up should I want to.
  - ivank 11y ago
    https://www.inoreader.com/ https://www.inoreader.com/ is a good replacement
  - technojunkie 11y ago
    This is as close to Google Reader as I've gotten with any of them. https://www.inoreader.com https://www.inoreader.com
    - joosters 11y ago
      Inoreader is fantastic! Works great on the web or in an app.
      - dingo_bat 11y ago
        The app is nowhere close in polish to the google reader app, but I make do :'(
        technojunkie 11y ago
        Considering all the rest of the Reader clones that have popped up, I think this one comes as close to Google Reader as they get.
  - crazysim 11y ago
    newsblur is one of those open source yet hosted options that is a really good replacement
  - Arkaad 11y ago
    What about The Old Reader? https://theoldreader.com/ https://theoldreader.com/ It's very similar to Google Reader, with the same UI.
  - brodock 11y ago
    Feedly works fine
- acdha 11y ago
  There was a moment of beautiful karma a couple years ago when I was at a museum conference where the Google Cultural Institute (https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/ https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/) team was trying to sign up partners but people kept asking how they could trust that it wouldn't turn into the next Reader and how they could get their data out or have permanent redirects when (not if) Google decided to shut the service down.
- zanny 11y ago
  I don't get it though. Yea, it was a dick move they did not just open source the backend reader server code so people could just selfhost a replacement, but they did let you export your feeds and now we have a half dozen reasonable or good reader replacements that do the same job, and most of them copied Google's UI to attract old reader users. It was one of the most seamless transitions besides the lack of good Android apps for a while (and Feedly's is still super slow).
  - bruckie 11y ago
    I don't think that "just" is the right prefix for "open source the backend reader server code". Moving it off of Google's internal infrastructure would have been a major project.
berberous 11y ago
Eh, I was until Feedly came along. It is really is just as good.
- technojunkie 11y ago
  Feedly's use of whitespace bugs the crap out of me. I also don't like the behavior on the desktop as much. I much prefer Inoreader. https://www.inoreader.com https://www.inoreader.com
  - torbit 11y ago
    the big white bars in desktop? I'm okay with it. when reading, it is easier when the content is compacted. if the text was full length of a browser, supposedly it is harder to read or people lose interest. Now, youtube is video, so I'm not sure whats up with their white bars but I digress.
    - technojunkie 11y ago
      Even Google Reader had a maximum width of its content with any white space being on the right side of the content. I MUCH prefer this UI.
tommoor 11y ago
Digg Reader is almost identical in every important way... just in case you haven't tried it
- dpark 11y ago
  My experience with Digg reader is that it is still subpar, though better than Feedly. Specifically, I've seen it miss updates on some feeds (sometimes for days at a time), and it frequently "forgets" that I've looked at items and shows them as new again (seems to be a UI glitch). It also frequently shows feeds as having unread items but no items are actually unread (seems to be a server-side glitch, resolved by marking read in bulk). Digg Reader is still the best I've found, but still feels like a notable step down from the reliability and consistency of Google Reader.
  - BostonEnginerd 11y ago
    I've been really happy with Newsblur. I've been happily paying him since the reader shutdown.
- rabboRubble 11y ago
  Amen...
rabboRubble 11y ago
I was Hulk Smash level angry when they pulled the plug on Reader. So much so I just went into every Google system and closed out my use. The only things I haven't been able to abandon are Gmail and Picasa. This helps me trim out one more service.
Spooky23 11y ago
Reader was the "fool me twice" moment with Google. The shitshow that was (and is) Google Groups and the destruction of the dejanews archive was equally awful.

There's at least two of us then. Reader is what made me swear never to rely on a Google service for anything ever again.

sigjuice 11y ago
I still don't know how to use the Internet without Google Reader :/
- sls 11y ago
  https://theoldreader.com/ https://theoldreader.com/ works for me
  - 19870213 11y ago
    Ouch, automatic locale detection, and badly in need of a (proper) translator (for at least Dutch). And no way to switch language that I can find (wouldn't be the first time that was translated with ""). I'm currently using https://blogtrottr.com https://blogtrottr.com to get e-mail updates for RSS/Atom feeds.
    - Gmo 11y ago
      Huh ? You can change the language (I'm in France and I have my theoldreader in English). You just need to click on your login at the top right and go to "Settings" (probably Instellingen in Dutch).
      - 19870213 11y ago
        I don't have an account there. But I just figured out that using: https://theoldreader.com/?locale=en https://theoldreader.com/?locale=en will also get me English text. That enables me to properly evaluate it before signing up should I want to.
- ivank 11y ago
  https://www.inoreader.com/ https://www.inoreader.com/ is a good replacement
- technojunkie 11y ago
  This is as close to Google Reader as I've gotten with any of them. https://www.inoreader.com https://www.inoreader.com
  - joosters 11y ago
    Inoreader is fantastic! Works great on the web or in an app.
    - dingo_bat 11y ago
      The app is nowhere close in polish to the google reader app, but I make do :'(
      - technojunkie 11y ago
        Considering all the rest of the Reader clones that have popped up, I think this one comes as close to Google Reader as they get.
- crazysim 11y ago
  newsblur is one of those open source yet hosted options that is a really good replacement
- Arkaad 11y ago
  What about The Old Reader? https://theoldreader.com/ https://theoldreader.com/ It's very similar to Google Reader, with the same UI.
- brodock 11y ago
  Feedly works fine
acdha 11y ago
There was a moment of beautiful karma a couple years ago when I was at a museum conference where the Google Cultural Institute (https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/ https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/) team was trying to sign up partners but people kept asking how they could trust that it wouldn't turn into the next Reader and how they could get their data out or have permanent redirects when (not if) Google decided to shut the service down.
zanny 11y ago
I don't get it though. Yea, it was a dick move they did not just open source the backend reader server code so people could just selfhost a replacement, but they did let you export your feeds and now we have a half dozen reasonable or good reader replacements that do the same job, and most of them copied Google's UI to attract old reader users. It was one of the most seamless transitions besides the lack of good Android apps for a while (and Feedly's is still super slow).
- bruckie 11y ago
  I don't think that "just" is the right prefix for "open source the backend reader server code". Moving it off of Google's internal infrastructure would have been a major project.

berberous 11y ago

Eh, I was until Feedly came along. It is really is just as good.

technojunkie 11y ago
Feedly's use of whitespace bugs the crap out of me. I also don't like the behavior on the desktop as much. I much prefer Inoreader. https://www.inoreader.com https://www.inoreader.com
- torbit 11y ago
  the big white bars in desktop? I'm okay with it. when reading, it is easier when the content is compacted. if the text was full length of a browser, supposedly it is harder to read or people lose interest. Now, youtube is video, so I'm not sure whats up with their white bars but I digress.
  - technojunkie 11y ago
    Even Google Reader had a maximum width of its content with any white space being on the right side of the content. I MUCH prefer this UI.

tommoor 11y ago

Digg Reader is almost identical in every important way... just in case you haven't tried it

dpark 11y ago
My experience with Digg reader is that it is still subpar, though better than Feedly. Specifically, I've seen it miss updates on some feeds (sometimes for days at a time), and it frequently "forgets" that I've looked at items and shows them as new again (seems to be a UI glitch). It also frequently shows feeds as having unread items but no items are actually unread (seems to be a server-side glitch, resolved by marking read in bulk). Digg Reader is still the best I've found, but still feels like a notable step down from the reliability and consistency of Google Reader.
- BostonEnginerd 11y ago
  I've been really happy with Newsblur. I've been happily paying him since the reader shutdown.
rabboRubble 11y ago
Amen...

rabboRubble 11y ago

I was Hulk Smash level angry when they pulled the plug on Reader. So much so I just went into every Google system and closed out my use. The only things I haven't been able to abandon are Gmail and Picasa. This helps me trim out one more service.

Spooky23 11y ago

Reader was the "fool me twice" moment with Google. The shitshow that was (and is) Google Groups and the destruction of the dejanews archive was equally awful.