Best newsreader for the Mac?

[yendi]

So, thanks to Google's own versions of Reed Hastings -- the Moe, Larry, and Curly imitators known as Louis Gray, Alan Green, and Mihai Parparita -- Google Reader has gone from being the killer web app to being an unmitigated disaster. Since Google has never shown even Netflix's ability to rectify a mistake, I'm assuming that the product I know and love is dead.

So, since there's no reason for me to bloat my web browser's memory footprint with a reader that's slow, ugly, and incapable of sharing items or showing me items my friends share in its own interface, I want to know what else is out there. What's the best RSS newsreader for the Mac? I know it's not Mac Mail, right? I'd rather not pay the $10 for Reeder just to see if it works. Is NetNewswire solid? What other ones are out there (web-based is fine, too)? Obviously, sharing is more meaningless now (since I can't count on everyone else being there), although certainly the ability to share to Twitter (multiple accounts), FB, LJ, etc would be nice. But ease of use, ability to handle a big OPML file, and a slick interface would be nice. Reader integration wouldn't suck, if only to keep track of read messages if I'm on a different computer (and in case Google actually gets its corporate head out of its ass).

Although I'm looking for a Mac/Web option, it's worth mentioning Windows and Linux versions (as well as iOS/Android ones), since I suspect others are in the same boat.

Comments

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

I'm SO ANNOYED by this, geeze!

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

I use Opera for browsing and it has its own RSS reader which works decently. I've been adding more and more of my feeds to LJ and reading them on my friends page though.

[yendi]

Just tried it, and it generally looks nice, but (unless I'm missing it), lacks a key feature that's a deal-breaker for me (and really should be a basic item in any newsreader): The ability to not show feeds with no new items.

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

http://jwz.livejournal.com/1546011.html

not sure if the desktop one is Mac compatible, but jwz has sense, so.