Dumping Google, Finally ⇒

For a while I have been slowly dumping all Google services. It has been quite challenging as their products are just soooo good. But I just don't have any faith in what they are doing with my information and it seems like every week there's another story about how Google is capturing data it shouldn't be. I first dumped Google Calendar and went to iCloud (yes, I do trust Apple with that information more than I trust Google). Then from Gmail to Fastmail.fm (imagine, paying for great service!!). Most recently I switched from Google searches to Bing/DuckDuckGo. The last hold-out was Google Reader. I read a lot of feeds and I need a service/app that reliably syncs. Not only that, I am kinda addicted to Reeder, a fabulous app on my iPhone, iPad and Mac. Thanks to Don Melton, I discovered NewsBlur. The iOS apps are decent, but not great (in comparison to Reeder); however the developer says a refresh is coming and I have found him extremely responsive. There is no Mac client, but I do most of my reading on my phone and iPad so that is not a huge concern for me (and the website works quite well should I need to use it). I'm happy to finally be Google free!