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How is that analogy valid?! why install a browser extension when you're not interested in its functionality?

• Steko 13y ago
  Because he talks about more than just this browser extension. Spoilers, I read to the end: My personal stream was my RSS feed, you want me to replace it with a Google+ profile. My news aggregator was the RSS aggregator of my choice, you want me to use a semi-read-only version called Google+. My browser would auto-discover the stream related to any page I visited and would allow me to subscribe to it, now you want me to use a Google+ chrome plugin which in addition kills my privacy. Everyting worked quite well, and you could pick our side and help us make it better -that’s what you’d do back in the “don’t be evil” days. Oh, right, I forgot: You killed RSS auto-discovery in chrome, Google reader is dead, and Feedburner is a living dead. I get it.
  • yanw 13y ago
    No one is forcing him or you to use any of these things. It's just another Google Reader lament.
    • Steko 13y ago
      It's the latest in a string of moves that show a clear shift at Google away from supporting the open web. Thank god for Mozilla.
      • yanw 13y ago
        Spare me. Name 3 companies that do more for the web than Google.
      • lawdawg 13y ago
        And Mozilla thanks Google for it's continued existence. Funny how it all works out in the end.
  • magicalist 13y ago
    This is from the article and not you, but Chrome has never had RSS auto discovery. It has always been via extension.