How Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds
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Learn how one of the biggest tech companies played a major role in the reason many people stopped using RSS feeds

Content summary:

  • 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…
  • magic_lobster_party@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year 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.