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[Legion]

No one uses Google Reader? Is that in general, or among people who understand and use RSS?

[georgieporgie → Legion]

Among my friends who work at Google and are avid consumers of RSS feeds, all hate Google Reader. In fact, I heard murmurs about how incompetent the Reader team is/was and how it's not up to snuff compared to other products.

I use it, but I hate it. I'm just too lazy to find something better and port my feeds over.

[rkudeshi → georgieporgie]

Really? I've been using RSS feeds for years over multiple apps/platforms and Google Reader has been, by far, the best.

[localhost3000 → georgieporgie]

Google reader gives me exactly what I want in an rss reader. I can't imagine switching... Like all things, you can't please everyone.

[true_religion → georgieporgie]

Out of curiosity, what's wrong with Google Reader?

[GiraffeNecktie → true_religion]

My big problem with Google Reader is that I still can't use my Google Apps account with it on my Android device. WTF? This is a Google product on a Google phone accessing a Google service using a Google-based account and Google still can't make it happen?

[nostrademons → georgieporgie]

Huh? My friends at Google tend to love reader and think of the Reader team as one of the better ones at Google.

I don't personally use it, but my impression is that it's generally a much beloved product internally.