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Andy Baio Jun 30, 2023

The Verge goes deep on who killed Google Reader, ten years after its demise. I’ve always been furious about this, and somehow, reading this made me even angrier. https://www.theverge.com/23778253/google-reader-death-2013-rss-social

Who killed Google Reader?

Google killed Reader in 2013, shutting down its RSS reader after years of neglect. Now, the team that built it reflects on what they made and how the web has changed in the decade since.

The Verge

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Phil Gyford Jun 30, 2023

@andybaio Tangentially, I'm always curious who's the champion there for Feedburner, who's ensured it keeps going, even minimally, knowing how many things would break if it stopped. It seems exactly the kind of thing Google would have killed years ago otherwise.

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Thomas Vander Wal

@philgyford @andybaio This exact thing struck me yesterday as I’m back updating the underlying code on my blog and whole site and noticed my RSS still runs through Feedburner.