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by cleverjake 4840 days ago
It is not just an rss aggregator, it is the UI the keyboard shortcuts, the network of sharing, the discovery, autotranslation, market dominance (allowing for nearly any RSS client to keep everything in sync), and tons of more things.

"Who needs gmail - There is a Mail gem"

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And most importantly the saving of history even if the feed goes down.
yes! so far i have not found a mobile friendly web app that also saves your feed, or at least a significant amount like g reader. i wish they weren't shutting it'd down.