Time to say goodbye : FeedLounge

It’s been a long time since I used FeedLounge and I’m sad to see the doors closing. It was truely a great app, maybe not the best service but the functionality was everything you’d need out of an online RSS reader.

After hearing I commented on Alex’s site:

Sadly I think the only logical option would be to opensource the project. For everyone to use on their own server and help contribute to fix the bugs and increase the overall functionality. Then if Scott wants to host feedlounge it could be ad supported or a paid hosted service.

I remember the days when fl had so much of my attention. Like Chris after you left it lost it’s appeal and GR launched it’s new UI.

I’m sure he’s not only spent a lot of time but a fair share of money so the open source solution while attractive for us may not be an option for the committed. However, I’m interested to see how much Scott gets or even wants.

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  • The open source idea sounds good to me; I don't know why it would be sad or unattractive for them at this point, especially if they're shutting it down as a commercial product (at least for now).

    It seems to me that it was a good product that just couldn't compete with the "good enough" free solutions that were widely available. I know that's why I, for one, never really considered using them even though I liked what little I saw of it.

    If anything, I'd think open sourcing it would allow tech-savvy people to start using it and widening its initial market share, and then if a commercial offering were to come back up it would have more overall visibility and would be a great option for wider range of people who don't want to bother managing their own personal installations (I'm thinking of the wordpress.com model).
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