I used to love reading his pieces. Then Google killed Reader, I never found a replacement I liked, and blogs just died for me. Not 'rational', I know, but I'm sure I'm not alone.
I loved Google Reader. But now Inoreader is better than Google Reader ever was.
Link to the last time I posted this comment:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16285449
(Seriously - if you liked RSS try Inoreader)
Also, I have no connection with Inoreader whatsoever. I wish I did. Great product.
Advantages: It's neither a web service that will disappaer tomorrow, nor a browser extension that ties you to a specific browser.
Off-Topic: As with most websites, I had to visit an "About" sub page to get to the description what it does. Why?! Shouldn't this information be the first you read when you open the main site? It's almost the same nonsense as with so-called "landing pages". If a company's main site doesn't qualify as landing page, why do they create a separate sub page instead of just improving their main site? And some websites don't have any newcomer-friendly sub page at all - then there's Wikipedia to the rescue.
I’ve personally settled with feedly now but even now after all these years, it’s not up to par with google reader.
But in fact what you did was rational in its own way. You enjoyed blogs in the beginning, as long as they were easily accessible by an aggregator. When the user friendly aggregator went away, you decided the blogs didn't offer enough good content to justify the increased management and use of your time.