谷歌通过一系列逐步移除RSS功能的举措，严重损害了这一开放协议的市场采用。[1]2007年收购FeedBurner后，谷歌于2012年10月关闭了该服务的API。[1]2013年，谷歌以"使用量下降"为由关闭了Google Reader服务，同年7月又移除了Google Alerts中的RSS功能。[1]2017年12月，谷歌在Google News中完全停止了RSS支持。[1]
这一系列反复无常的举措已经严重打击了用户对RSS的信心。[1]据参与相关项目的谷歌工程师透露，"整个项目期间，不同的人在试图杀死它"，反映了公司内部对该技术的消极态度。[1]虽然2021年5月谷歌宣布在Chrome浏览器中恢复RSS支持，但该功能至今未正式推出。[1]这些历史行为最终导致许多用户放弃了对RSS的使用。[1]
Google systematically dismantled support for RSS feeds across its products over more than a decade, undermining the technology's adoption. [1] The company acquired FeedBurner in 2007 and subsequently shut down its API in October 2012, eliminating a critical infrastructure tool for RSS distribution. [1] Google also removed RSS functionality from Google Alerts in July 2013, approximately five years after the company had added the feature in October 2008. [1] Most significantly, Google closed Google Reader in 2013, citing declining usage as the rationale for discontinuing the popular feed aggregation service. [1]
The company's retreat from RSS extended to its news platform as well. [1] Google News ceased RSS support entirely in December 2017, further fragmenting the ecosystem. [1] These cumulative actions eroded user confidence in the technology's future viability. According to one Google engineer involved in the efforts, "throughout the entire project period, different people tried to kill it," suggesting internal disagreement over the platform's direction. [1] Though Google announced plans to restore RSS support in Chrome in May 2021, the feature has not yet been formally released. [1]