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How Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (openrss.org)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I switched over to Livemarks which has provided an almost drop-in replacement. Looking at the low number of users of this extension, it makes sense they would stop supporting it to reduce maintenance cost.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Absolutely. The reason these things don't last is because it's not worth the investment to redevelop and maintain.

    I'm just pointing out that's the reason to move to where there is investment and sustainability in the product.

    Firefox cut funding for maintaining an option due to low usage. Speculative investment in a replacement fell flat.

    Google cuts investment for the same reasons and that happens often. They speculate on a new product then cut it if it doesn't work out for them.

    Neither company doing this is a bad thing.

    The problem most people have is they are late to move to a mature product, which then having reached maturity is assessed as either a success or failure. Then due to low usage it's cut.

    Then they're looking for the next mature product. Again ignoring sustainability. Which is then also cut.

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