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According to Google Trends, during the past few years, there has been nothing but a few minor bumps that faded away as quickly as they came. I love RSS because i do not have to scroll through dozens of different news sites all day and i would love it to return.

EDIT: Typical case of people only reading the headline. I was asking why people are hyped over something that did NOT happen.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (8 children)

We really just need a Reader replacement. I'm sure there is something out there I don't know about.

If not, perhaps I'll make one and become a billionaire on the RSS bandwagon!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Was about to say lol. Right in those last days/weeks of Google Reader, Feedly loudly stepped up and offered to help people import their data over and continue on right in the nick of time. I'd assume the majority of people who had been on Reader, who didn't quit using feeds entirely, probably migrated to Feedly the day Reader shut down.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's what I did! Over time I stopped looking at Feedly though. I replaced it with Reddit and Twitter mainly. Now that those sites have become Pure Evil I switched over to Apple News. I already pay for the Plus thing as part of the family bundle so might as well use it. The "Following" tab works like a personally-curated RSS feed list. If you want an algorithmic approach, you can use the "Today" tab.

The one main feature it's still lacking that I really want is a pure chronological list of everything from my Following sources/topics. I sent them feedback so I'm sure it will show up any time in the next 5-15 years.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Inoreader has been my go to, or The Old Reader which is closer to Google Readers style.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Inoreader perhaps?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used Feedly for many years, but recently switched to Newsblur, and I love that it lets me filter out posts by tags or keywords, finally don't have to use external tools for it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Newsblur

Trying this out now. It's awesome. Might have found a new doomscrolling default...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is Feedly still a thing and okay? I remember it being the stopgap between Google Reader and Reddit, however I'm not sure where it lies on the "free version is good enough" vs "completely gimped free version and the real product is the paid one"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I’m using the free version and not missing the paid features!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've been using Flym since they killed Reader.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First time trying RSS, giving it a shot. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Good luck, it's kind of feature-rich so if you have any questions, feel free to ask. The dev is quite responsive (on Github) which is good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

inoreader is excellent