How Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds - Open RSS (openrss.org)

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Google removes RSS button from Chrome browser
Google acquires FeedBurner and limits RSS
Google shuts down Google Reader
Google removes RSS from Google Alerts
Google kills its RSS browser extension
Google removes RSS integration from Google News
Google's still at it...

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[-] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

This is the reason why I stopped using RSS (for news). When they shut down Google Reader I migrated to Feedly instead, but over time I started to unsubscribe from news sites as I didn’t get the content I wanted anymore. In the end I stopped using it altogether because I saw no use.

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