Feedly Pro

[middus]

If anyone working for feedly reads this: SSL/https should not be a premium feature. Please make it available to everyone.

Update: they tweeted "HTTPS is currently a pro only feature. Will extend it to everyone when we have a way to fund it." (see https://twitter.com/feedly/status/364292745487065088)

[samweinberg]

Seriously. You shouldn't have to pay to expect a reasonable amount of security as a user.

[borplk]

Looks like they are just decorating the "Pro" plan with "features".

[nwh]

> Will extend it to everyone when we have a way to fund it.

Is it really that expensive for them to run? Last time I heard it was a a minuscule amount per request, and peanuts for the certificate itself.

[stephen_mcd]

Have a look at kouio, it's only accessible over HTTPS: https://kouio.com

[YorickPeterse]

Probably what annoys me most about this is that HTTPS was already there (I've been using it for a good month or two). This would imply that the costs were already spent, the infrastructure was in place and it was working just fine.

[thisishugo]

Great that they've settled on a business model, but I feel like if you are going to have a free tier that HTTPS should be part of it.

[arrrg]

Why exactly is that? By far most people do not care at all that other people are (theoretically) able to see what they are reading. I certainly don’t at all.

I do not think HTTPS is in any way a required feature for a feedreader. It’s pretty perfect as a premium feature.

[kondro]

Authentication is already SSL.

[uptown]

Since Google Reader went down, I've found I waste less time. I used to use Reeder as my front-end, but they've been slow to update their desktop app. I realize I'm "missing" things I used to keep up to date on, but the net gain is a lot more time I used to spend consuming what I suppose was superfluous content. For me - it's been kind of a nice change.

[jamesjporter]

I had the same experience when I stopped using Opera and didn't have the RSS reader anymore. I do miss reading webcomics regularly, but the productivity gain is nice.

[exizt88]

You know something's wrong with your RSS reader when it has a support queue, and people are willing to pay for bumping to the front of it.

[jacobr]

Are there any products with actual users and no support queue?

[Schlaefer]

That doesn't mean people are willing to pay for faster support or even need it. Feedly offers a pro account but obviously decided against crippling the free account. I'm very happy about that. If people are willing to pay they get priority support as an additional value. And as bonus: if the support queue is short once it is implemented in the support software/workflow this feature costs feedly nothing.

[maaaats]

You're unfair. The other option would be to offer no support for free plans and only have support for those who pays.

[mcantrell]

That's great and all, but my RSS Service has SSL by default, no support queue, and is only $2/month or $16/year. Everyone is a user, and everyone is treated the same. No ads, ever.

https://www.bulletin.io

[petsos]

Not again with the lifetime accounts...

[kondro]

Only 5,000 lifetime accounts. Tiny in comparison to the 12 million+ users they have.

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/06/19/feedly-launches-sta...

[AndrewDucker]

Fantastic. Making the users the customers is something I heartily approve of. It aligns the interests of the service providers with the interests of the users, and means they have to compete on service, rather than spending their time finding ways to make people click on ads.

[changdizzle]

Honest question: why do people pay for "pro" RSS services? There are enough out there that I don't feel I would ever need to - I was using oldreader until they shut it down to everyone and now use digg reader - is there specific functionality I'm missing out on by not using these premium services? There's always the whole adage of if it's free then you could lose it, but with the amount of readers out there it seems like I could hop to and from services.

[smacktoward]

Because it would be nice to not have to constantly hop to and from services as they die from lack of resources?

Because it would be nice to not have to periodically have to re-learn everything as the app you're familiar with dies and you have to switch to an unfamiliar one?

Because good software is worth something?

[kzahel]

Seems ironic to have a "lifetime" pro option, as its predecessor's lifetime was cut short.

[samuelfine]

I suppose it's less ironic when you consider that its predecessor's lifetime was cut short, in part, because they didn't charge for their product. ;)

[Ecio78]

we live until we die, and unfortunately sometimes we die earlier than we want to :)

[JazCE]

Can they fix the whole "keep unread/mark as read" shortcut key debacle first?

[Simple1234]

I'm surprised they don't just stick a banner at the top and call it a day.

[stephanos2k]

I was wondering how long it would take for them to find a business model.

[baq]

selling https access doesn't sound like a good one for me, this should be a basic feature with NSA and who knows who else listening in on everything.

[martin-adams]

I would be put off paying $99 for a lifetime account. These should be available up to 5,000, but users should be able to still opt for the $5 or $45 options.

[pkhamre]

I would rather pay a monthly/yearly fee.

[kondro]

The price is $5/month and $45/year when these 5,000 lifetime accounts run out.

[samuelfine]

Apparently you didn't read the article. Or the first sentence.

"feedly pro will be generally available this fall for $5 per month (or $45 per year)."