Reviews of FeedDemon

1. 
   JeremyGNJ

   Reviewing 3.0.0.39 Pre-Release (Sep 23, 2009)

   Ok after a few days of using version 3, I had considered paying the $10 to get rid of the ads.
   
   Then I thought about it, and I determined that the only significant update to 3.0 compared to 2.7 (the last version without ads), is that it can sync with Google Reader...which I don't use. Other than that, its just visual clean-up and tweaks (i dont even think there's been a single change to the options menu)
   
   So...back to 2.7, and they don't get my $10.
2. 
   JeremyGNJ

   Reviewing 3.0.0.38 Pre-Release (Sep 19, 2009)

   Decided to try the latest release. Was surprised to see that they added an option to buy a serial number to remove the ads!!!!!
   
   This makes me happy!
   
   However then I found out that all of us who spent $30 to buy FeedDemon in the past (before it was freeware) now get the shaft and have to spend another $10.
   
   This makes me sad!
3. 
   dhry

   Reviewing 3.0.0.38 Pre-Release (Sep 19, 2009)

   Evidently either part or perhaps all of TomasF's brain has been freezer-burned by too much exposure to the icy, technologically-challenged frozen wastes of Scandinavia. I have a netbook, two desktops and a work laptop which all run Greatnews and all have up-to-date feeds. And, shock horror, I don't use Google Reader for any of it. Incidentally, Greatnews has never crashed for me in about two years of use, which gives it a one-nil lead over FD (blows party kazoo)
   
   Ironically, Greatnews (despite its annoyingly stalled development) still seems to get marginally better and better by comparison with Feeddemon each time a new FD is released.
   
   Final nail in TomasF's argument: play an 11-letter word against anyone with even moderate Scrabble skill and you'll get dominated before you've even had time to start chuckling. I'll keep checking back on this program since for some reason I still have faith they'll get the adware out of it and earn another rating star in the process. A bit more faith than the faith I have that TomasF will get some sort of clue before this decade is out..
   
   (places final letter on Scrabble board and flicks over TomasF's tile rack with his index finger)
4. 
   DaComboMan

   Reviewing 3.0.0.36 Pre-Release (Sep 15, 2009)

   Excellent program!
   Keeps getting better every time!
   
   Thanks!
5. 
   TomasF

   Reviewing 3.0.0.34 Pre-Release (Sep 8, 2009)

   I absolutely agree with dhry. After all, who in this day and age would use *more than one* computer!?
   And it's completely laughable to think that someone who follows enough feeds to use a dedicated reader would want to keep up to date on feeds on say, a work computer, home computer, and maybe a netbook on the road and still enjoy the benefits of a desktop app.
   And I completely agree that the fact that the synchronization vehicle allows you to access your feeds from any other web enabled device should you not have any of your systems around should be held against it. It obviously lessens the value of the solution. You know, the same way Bloglines integration in Greatnews does...
   
   Oh yeah, since most commenters on bn obviously aren't playing with a full deck; I'm being sarcastic. It's a word, look it up (11 scrabble points)

Discuss FeedDemon

1. Jul 19, 2009 - 1:28 PM
   Morningdove

   Ultimately it is the user that determines the success of adware. There is no program that is so good an acceptable alternative cannot be found. If adware is not used it will cease to exist.
2. Jan 7, 2009 - 4:08 PM
   keir

   The ads are pretty discreet, I'm still happy with it for now. Whether the ads will always be so discreet, time will tell.