So, when I checked my Google reader feed for the first time today I got the notification that it would be shutting down. I surprisingly went through all the stages of grief. Denial(this can't be right, something must be wrong), anger(What the FUCK, google?), bargaining(There has to be some kind of petition somewhere that I can use to appeal to Google to preserve this tool), depression(I'll never find a reader to take Google's place!), to finally, acceptance(feedly.com). Which, you know, took all of 30 seconds. Seriously, it's not like it's an entitlement. Being a permanent tab on every browser I open(Tab 1 email, tab 2 RSS reader) is a privilege. That's ad space, and I'm an attentive consumer who cares when I see something I want to buy. It took a great product at the right time at the right place to get Google into that spot, and in 30 seconds it was gone, and not because someone had taken it from them. They gave it up and I needed to replace it and there was no reason to give them a single penny in ad revenue for the privilege of clinging to a product that they don't want me to have. Good riddance.

Please do excuse my ignorance but 1st what is Google Reader and 2nd how do you follow someone's blog or does it not work like that ? - New to Blogging
ReplyDeleteGoogle reader was an easy way to keep track of all the blogs and other webpages that you like and care about. Instead of checking them all individually. Doesn't really matter what it was though. There are other readers available, like Feedly.com.
DeleteI'm not really certain that there's a convenient way to follow someone's blog anymore.