The shutdown of Reader killed RSS. Not the tech, but the ecosystem.
It wasn't that there were no other RSS clients, but Reader was extremely dominant and there was no strong immediate contender with enough reach and quality to carry the crown.
The (IMHO planned) idea was replaced with 'social networks', which would offer total central control and far more monetization potential for the intermediaries/operators.
It wasn't that there were no other RSS clients, but Reader was extremely dominant and there was no strong immediate contender with enough reach and quality to carry the crown.
The (IMHO planned) idea was replaced with 'social networks', which would offer total central control and far more monetization potential for the intermediaries/operators.