Jeff Campbell
12-23-2010, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.macworld.com/article/156644/2010/12/reeder_mobilerss.html?lsrc=rss_main' target='_blank'>http://www.macworld.com/article/156...l?lsrc=rss_main</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Reeder for iPad, a popular RSS reader for the tablet device, debuted a major upgrade this week-even as its creator went public with his feud against a competing application."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1293123400.usr105634.jpg" style="margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px;" /></p><p>Can't blame the creator of Reeder for iPad [<a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=VoxLcfp5Si4&subid=&offerid=177776.1&type=10&tmpid=3909&RD_PARM1=http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reeder-for-ipad/id375661689?mt=8" target="_blank">affiliate link</a>] for being a little perturbed at how his competition, Mobile RSS HD, has a surprisingly similar interface. So on the same day that Reeder was updated with "Readability," a feature that lets you read articles within the app from your RSS feed grabs, Silvio Rizzi showed just how similar the two apps are by posting side-by-side comparison shots, which ended up <a href="http://fireballed.org/linked/2010/12/22/reeder-rip/" target="_blank">here</a>. The similarities are striking. So striking in fact, that Instapaper [<a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=VoxLcfp5Si4&subid=&offerid=177776.1&type=10&tmpid=3909&RD_PARM1=http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instapaper/id288545208?mt=8" target="_blank">affiliate link</a>] and Read It Later [<a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=VoxLcfp5Si4&subid=&offerid=177776.1&type=10&tmpid=3909&RD_PARM1=http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/read-it-later-pro/id309601447?mt=8" target="_blank">affiliate link</a>] have both pulled their support for MobileRSS HD. As of this posting, MobileRSS HD is still available in the iTunes store, but Rizzi has notified Apple about what he calls a "rip off" of his work, and I can't blame him.</p>