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Ten years ago, every browser would have featured a prominent orange button. People wouldn't have a clue what it was for, but you could point them to it, and the browser would present som sort of live bookmark system or whatever. It was worthwhile to deliver a feed. Then Google embraced, extended, and extinguished, and also the Facebook nightmare began in earnest. Therefore less undead today than then.


Google still support RSS in Chrome, albeit via their official extension:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rss-subscription-e...

I'm still sad that it's not an in-built feature on any mainstream browser anymore though.


I was mainly referring the Google Reader cycle: Lure the whole world in with convenience. Dazzle with features. Kill.




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