Trying to give this a test drive but it screams at me for payment and I cannot get off the pay for it page

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#1

Just let me test the app please, will pay if it meets my needs

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#2

Just be patient. Wait till your “free” account will be created.

By the way, have not you tried it out before? There is a big button on the home page for exactly that purpose.

For now: may be clean up of cookies for NewsBlur will help to get to that page for try-outs…

#3

I had to wait about 3 days when I was in your situation to get to the front of the line until my account was activated.

#4

Thanks very much for your response, I have moved on now, I was put off by first experience

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#5

Nearly did the same thing… Stayed just because service was recommended to me by a person I really respect. Hope that will not need to move on myself.

#6

NewsBlur’s idea of making people wait while their account is “created” (and in the meantime asking for payment) did NOT work out in their favor in my case.

I finally got tired of waiting and tried Feedly , which turned out to be not only better than NewsBlur (…now that my account has been created), but also about a hundred times better than Google Reader.

I’ll hold on to NewsBlur, in case it gets better, but in the meantime I would recommend to anyone to try Feedly. It’s FREE for the complete version, and it plugs into your browser. Feedly made me wish I had been using it all along, even INSTEAD of Google Reader.

#7

Obviously many of us here would disagree that feedly is better :wink:

Me, I much prefer the interface/functionality of Newsblur’s web interface to feedly’s. However, I am using feedly at the moment because I find the Press app to be superior to Newsblur’s Android app – and I’m doing more reading on my tablet than my desktop these days.

I hope to switch back as the Android app continues to improve. I especially miss Newsblur’s filtering!

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#8

You make a good point. Instead of saying that Feedly is “better”, I should have simply stated that I “prefer” Feedly to NewsBlur, then have gone on to suggest others try it for themselves (…as we each have our own personal preferences).