Alex Payne echoes my unwritten rationale for bailing on Fever, the self-hosted feed aggregator/reader:

The $30 question, though: does Fever really float the best, most relevant content to the top in a personalized way? Can it dig through all the noise on the web and show you what you need/want to know at a glance? The free answer: sort of.

Alex also has some nice commentary about feed readers in general, and how they can be a bit of a burden more than a blessing. I’m still using a feed reader, for sure, and I do wish that Fever were the solution to the problem.