> RSS is not a growing market and I think only independent developers with small costs will end up alive in a few years. Feedly will either have to evolve and find a bigger market, or pare down the cost of hosting the majority of Google Reader expats. And that doesn't square well with taking investment.
Exactly right.
The rush to fill the Reader gap with a broad and compelling offering (high quality mobile and web apps) was a problem outside the scope of small developers, but the long term prospects for the market are below sustaining levels for larger, funded businesses.
I do hope Feedly can figure out a way, without making me dislike them en route. If not, I hope they offer a data export.
They should be tackling monetisation for publishers, microtransactions, spotify-style royalties, etc. There's a lot of room for innovation in the RSS market, but being arrogant and squeezing as much as you can out of free content doesn't help anyone in the long run.
You might be right... but there's a lot of room for innovation because nobody has been able to come up with anything that works, not because nobody tried.
Exactly right.
The rush to fill the Reader gap with a broad and compelling offering (high quality mobile and web apps) was a problem outside the scope of small developers, but the long term prospects for the market are below sustaining levels for larger, funded businesses.
I do hope Feedly can figure out a way, without making me dislike them en route. If not, I hope they offer a data export.