I don&#x27;t get it though. Yea, it was a dick move they did not just open source the backend reader server code so people could just selfhost a replacement, but they did let you export your feeds and now we have a half dozen reasonable or good reader replacements that do the same job, and most of them copied Google&#x27;s UI to attract old reader users.<p>It was one of the most seamless transitions besides the lack of good Android apps for a while (and Feedly&#x27;s is still super slow).