I was about to install Disqus comment system because it\u2019s neat and everywhere but then, I realized that they would host my blog\u2019s conversations and have control over it. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you\u2019re not paying for a service, they own you\u201d<\/em> would make a good movie line. I want to keep control over my stuff.<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t join G+ because Facebook is enough. I am not doing this shit all over again with another company.<\/p>\n Google Reader. To me, it\u2019s the worst of them all, as big G knows everything about everything I have a big interest in, all the time. I was very reluctant to use their service but had no choice if I wanted to sync multiple devices. Peer pressure (go on Google Reader dude! I love Google!). Plus they bought Feedburner, now we have fugly feedproxy.google.com or gross utm_source=feedburner& instead of nice HTML links. Fuck Google Reader.<\/p>\n RSS is barely use by the Internet -like 3 or 5% of people are using it- though it\u2019s used by highly influential people. It must be fascinating for Google, much more interesting than what Facebook gathers when your cousin shares a stupid video or likes that you were drunk last weekend. <\/p>\n So there\u2019s Tiny Tiny RSS<\/a> which is nice and cool but hell, this is so rough. I dream about a OPML file on my server with clients (desktop, mobile) connecting and syncing to it. That doesn\u2019t seem that crazy, does it? Well it doesn\u2019t exist so I guess it\u2019s crazy.<\/p>\n I almost signed up for Spotify. Peer pressure; \u201c125 of your friends use it!\u201d<\/em> bullshit. I signed up on Facebook through peer pressure too from people not using it at all since then. At least it\u2019s very useful for family stuff, especially when distance plays a big role.<\/p>\n Diaspora<\/a> was meant to be a nice replacement but it went nowhere. I don\u2019t get it. It was great. Tabs used as filters is the best shit ever. Every single browser does it but wait, I just saw that they killed that feature on the website. Anyway, they seem back on track<\/a> for something, stay tuned.<\/p>\n Flickr? Well I pay so I own my stuff. Paying automatically creates a much better trust. I just wish they would evolve much faster than what they do now. There\u2019s no real alternative but they really have a hard time evolving, it\u2019s painful to watch.<\/p>\n