Google Reader, mentioned once in the text but not really explored, was a different experience. I pretty much stopped using RSS when that went away. Every other reader would either mangle the experience or add a paywall.
It had a magic simplicity that could be summed up as: "without me doing anything, give me the next thing I want".
Similar story with Google Podcasts IIRC, none of the current ones work the way that did either.
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Google Reader, mentioned once in the text but not really explored, was a different experience. I pretty much stopped using RSS when that went away. Every other reader would either mangle the experience or add a paywall.
It had a magic simplicity that could be summed up as: "without me doing anything, give me the next thing I want".
Similar story with Google Podcasts IIRC, none of the current ones work the way that did either.