So, Google Reader is shutting down

[andrewducker]

Which has to be the most frustrating news I've heard in some time, as it's what I use as my gateway to the entire internet. I have 85 feeds set up, from sections of the BBC and The Independent, to individuals link feeds. RSS is the glue that brings the internet together for me.

And so here is a collection of discussions from around the web, so that I can comb through it later for recommendations for alternatives:
Metafilter.
Reddit
More Reddit
Hacker News

What _I_ want is a web-based feed reader that syncs to both desktop and Android clients. Preferably with keyboard access.

I will pay a subscription fee for this, and would have happily thrown Google Reader $10/year for this.

So far Newsblur seems to be in the lead, but I want to look around before making a decision.

Oh, and _all_ of the sites have been knocked offline, as people fleeing Google Reader try to log into them at once. *sigh*

Comments

[miss_s_b]

YAY for dreamwidth reading page say I.

[miss_s_b]

More lists of alternatives:

http://list.ly/list/33u-google-reader-alternatives-crowdsourced-list?feature=search

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-57574201-233/google-reader-is-dying-but-we-have-five-worthy-alternatives/

And one more which seems to have been set up by someone who had worked out greaderwas shutting down

http://beta.newsmaven.co/

[dreema]

a friend is contemplating playing with

http://selfoss.aditu.de/

[andrewhickey.info]

I use theoldreader.com -- it's *exactly* like the old Google Reader (including sharing, notes etc) quite deliberately. My only problem with it is it requires using a Google or FB login.

I believe *all* the current apps that do syncing do so through Google. No idea how they're all going to handle it.