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Ask HN: Abandoned/dead projects you think died before their time and why?

358 points ofalkaed | 4 comments | 11 Oct 25 22:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.436s | source

Just curious and who knows, maybe someone will adopt it or develop something new based on its ideas.
1. jzellis ◴[11 Oct 25 23:42 UTC] No.45553777[source]▶
Google Reader. We could have had a great society, man.
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2. uzername ◴[12 Oct 25 02:51 UTC] No.45554747[source]▶
The loss of Google Reader really does feel like the beginning of the end in retrospect.
3. stavros ◴[12 Oct 25 08:41 UTC] No.45556509[source]▶
There are plenty of clones, though. I use CommaFeed and it's pretty good, feels a lot like Google Reader.
4. gorfian_robot ◴[12 Oct 25 15:28 UTC] No.45558898[source]▶
been using The Old Reader for years now