Ondrej Holzman Reeder is undoubtedly one of the most popular RSS readers for all devices with a bitten apple logo. Reeder users make heavy use of the iPhones, iPads and computers Mac, and so in the last few weeks, speculation began about what will happen to the popular application...
The reason is, of course, Google's decision also close the popular Google Reader service from July 1, 2013. The developer of Reeder, Silvio Rizzi, told fans shortly after this unexpected announcement that his application will definitely not disappear together with Google Reader, but until now it was not clear which service he would use from July.
Now Rizzi has announced that along with the new version, which has been in development for some time now, support for Feedbin. It's a simple-looking replacement for Google Reader whose API can be customized by third-party developers.
First, Feedbin will appear in Reader for iPhone, later also in versions 2.0 for iPad and Mac. Feedbin works practically the same as Google Reader, but you have to pay for it, 40 crowns (2 dollars) per month. It's not a lot, especially for a service that we use practically every day and that constantly makes our lives easier, but the question is whether users will now be willing to pay for a service that they used until now completely free.
Reeder currently also supports the service Fever, which also behaves similarly to Google Reader, but at the same time searches the web and offers the most interesting articles. However, it can be expected that by the summer, when Google will finally close its RSS reader, there will be more alternatives.
off topic: thumbs up for your own photos for the article =)
We won't lie, it's not our photo. Just a very handy service ;)
Rizzi wrote on Twitter that this is of course not the only service he is implementing in the near future. He just likes her the most. So maybe he will reach for some free solution and finally finish v2 for ipad.
I myself use Caffeinated as a reader on my Mac, and the developers have so far been silent on the replacement of Google Reader