It pains me a bit to say this, but Google has officially announced the end of Google Reader. I’ve relied on Google Reader for what feels like my whole life, but I know it hasn’t been that long. Actually to say I rely on Google Reader is a bit of an understatement. I get the majority of my news and updates via RSS.
So, yea… That’s my Google Reader statistics for the last little while. What’s yours look like?
At any rate, the time is now to start looking at alternatives, and to get you going the fine folks over at Lifehacker have some decent alternatives listed out. I highly recommend taking a look over the apps they’ve listed out and give a couple of them a shot. Keep in mind this change will not just affect Google Reader alone – Some of your favorite apps (cough Reeder cough) which use Google as their back end will also stop functioning on July 1st.
You’ve still got plenty of time, but if you’re an RSS user like I am, don’t put this off until the last minute!
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