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Google’s reputation for killing beloved products really hardened in 2013 when it shut down Google Reader—its much-loved RSS feed tool. People still remember.
Since then, Google has continued to swing the axe: Inbox by Gmail, Google+, Google Glass (way ahead of its time), and then the 2019 massacre—Daydream, Clips, Chromecast Audio, Spotlight Stories, goo.gl, and so on. There’s even a dedicated graveyard for Google’s products and services—299 and counting.
RSS feeds are still the best way to organize the internet. The problem is, there aren’t many great RSS tools out there.
Feedly has been my go-to for years. It’s good, but it isn’t perfect. And I find it hard to pay for a service that doesn’t really do the one basic thing I want: organize and collate the internet. I don’t need an AI assistant. I don’t need another layer that promises to mute the noise. That’s what an RSS reader is supposed to do.
At this point, I’m actually considering building my own. But I digress...
Blogs are still very much alive. I have mine, of course, which you can subscribe to. But here are a few others I read regularly — and that you should too: