Google seems pretty intent on destroying the Blogger format, which means that for people like me, who have blogged on blogger, we have a choice of ultimately finding a new blogging service (which is what I think Google would like for us to do) or continue to try to find work arounds.
Over 1,000 people subscribe to this blog by email. Come July, that feature will be dysfunctional thanks to Google:
FollowByEmail widget (Feedburner) is going away
You are receiving this information because your blog uses the FollowByEmail widget (Feedburner).
Recently, the Feedburner team released a system update announcement , that the email subscription service will be discontinued in July 2021.
After July 2021, your feed will still continue to work, but the automated emails to your subscribers will no longer be supported. If you’d like to continue sending emails, you can download your subscriber contacts. Learn how
So, starting in July, your email subscriptions won't work any longer.
I'd suggest you opt for the RSS feed if you receive this by email so you keep getting the blog, if you like the blog. I'm sure a lot of people will simply drop off.
In the meantime, we'll look for a replacement gadget, but even though the work around allows for a new system, I'm not going to hand enter over 1000 email address as I do have a full time job, etc. You'll probably have to resubscribe if you like the blog, which is a good reason just to opt for the RSS feed.
And we'll look for an alternative platform, although we hate to do it as we do like this platform. Or frankly we'll ponder, if this and other things are going to destroy these blogs, doing what Google apparently wants us to do, and simply quit blogging.
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