Good Riddance Google Reader
The big news yesterday on the internet was the discontinuation of the Google Reader service as of July 1st. There are a ton of great posts on this topic. Many people are upset about loosing the web view but the only thing that I initially felt there would be a temporary loss of was the syncing of the RSS feeds. A few months ago I wrote a post about services I would pay for. Reader syncing was one of them.
Why Google did not just leave the sync services and charge users for access seems odd to me. I am glad to see so many people respond with ideas and plans to replace this neglected service.
- Great tip from Dave Caolo on how to get your information out of Google here.