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Feedly
Raised as a usability problem by 75 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2012–2026), in 52 threads.
People raised many different problems with Feedly, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 50 complaints
- Sidebar can't be collapsed, wasting space, so users must switch back to the old version after every login2026-01-31
- Cannot find a way to change the layout on desktop2025-01-19
- Paywalled options only revealed after feed setup, plus slow performance2025-01-17
- Filters for excluded topics like golf don't stop matching articles from appearing2024-09-27
- Could not understand the interface, layout keeps switching, hard to find article boundaries and categories2024-02-18
- Dark UX patterns trick users into actions they did not choose2024-02-18
- Slow and unstable to use in its early days2023-03-13
- Interface changes and upsell nags frustrate the user whenever the app updates2023-01-06
- Training its ML to sort feeds requires more effort than just clicking articles2022-12-23
- Desktop save-for-later extensions are broken, and mobile fails to parse about 10% of articles2022-07-04
- Kept redirecting to Google login despite account not using Google sign-in2022-07-04
- Interface stays cluttered with unwanted AI and Pro links despite turning off features2022-07-03
- Free tier bombards users with nagging prompts and ads, pushing them to pay2022-07-02
- Sluggish to use and fails to use browser cache properly2022-07-02
- Search has severe usability issues that the commenter has reported to the company2022-07-02
- Upgrade prompts repeatedly nag users who already declined, wasting their time2022-07-02
- Cannot add a Reddit RSS feed without connecting and granting account access2022-07-02
- Interface feels cluttered and busy compared to other feed readers2022-07-02
- UI is annoying and lacks a simple mailbox-like view2022-07-02
- Interface is cluttered with ads and half-finished features, making it awful to use2022-07-02
- Clicking the Reddit 'feed' option demands a Reddit login, while pressing Enter works without one2022-07-02
- Hated the Feedly UI, so used a separate reader app instead2021-12-13
- Feedly loads so slowly the commenter is put off using it2021-09-20
- UI is confusing to the commenter2021-07-27
- Sites render broken because Google's HTML simplifier alters pages2020-06-19
- Can't create an account using an email address2020-02-15
- No way to get a simple headline-only, one-line list view2019-11-21
- Interface feels bloated to the commenter2019-06-16
- Scrolling is so aggravating the commenter couldn't use the app2019-04-03
- Feedly keeps getting worse; other readers are ugly or cluttered with extra features2019-01-27
- OPML import of a big file times out after a minute2018-05-23
- Unread counts from a local newspaper become a confusing mess2018-04-09
- Same swipe gesture unpredictably marks single or all articles read or unread2018-04-02
- Can't open links from Feedly in Android Chrome, and the Android app is hard to use2018-04-01
- Pushy marketing language and patronising "Well done!" messages clutter the feed reader2018-03-31
- Some functionality is harder to find in the interface than it should be2018-03-14
- No way to add an RSS URL manually; must search and hope it finds the feed2017-11-11
- Whole page scrolls oddly, making it impossible to skim article titles2017-11-11
- Interface feels bloated and slow to use2017-09-10
- Hard to find the feed URL for a YouTube search2016-11-15
- Always reloads news on open with no way to skip, and may not return to the same place2016-03-15
- Mobile app is annoying to use2016-02-19
- Feedly's Android app is still super slow to use2016-02-13
- Overwhelming to see hundreds of unread items listed all at once2015-10-28
- Must change many settings just to make the app usable; awkward interaction model2015-07-21
- Cards are unintuitive; reaching the end doesn't mark items read, so user must tap each one2015-07-21
- Adds confusing extra hoops to reach original article content2014-01-19
- Annoying UX and forced redirects when sharing links2014-01-19
- The interface was basically unusable for the commenter2014-01-19
- UI feels slow and unresponsive compared to Google Reader's asynchronous speed2013-08-26