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Not terribly surprised. When I tried the app out I didn't really get the appeal. It was like adding a comments section to existing news feeds and didn't provide enough tailoring or algorithmic understanding of reading habits to be a compelling offering.
Besides the fact that they were using a chrome embedded browser, meaning I couldn't even ad block on the sites I visited: which made the reading experience nearly impossible.
It had a built in reader mode to bypass the shitty ad-ridden websites. My favorite feature was the block words list. No more stories with the word “kardashian” for example.
Must've come after I gave it a shot: I picked it up pretty soon after release.
The main attraction for me was the reader mode which blocks all ads, it also pushes similar articles from different new sites that I have never heard before (its a nice thing).
Firefox has reader mode and uBlock origin on mobile ;)
I found it worked pretty well, seemed to understand my interests pretty well after a couple days, when I usually don't feel that way, having tried many many similar apps. The chrome web view wasn't ideal, but I use pihole which helped :)