Feedly goes pro for $5 per month

When Google Reader was shut down, Feedly was one of the more popular free RSS services available at the time. While the free service remains for now, there is now a pro version available with better search and Evernote integration.

feedly pro will be generally available this fall for $5 per month (or $45 per year). To help kick-start the program, we are offering a limited lifetime edition [for $99] which gives you early access to feedly pro and grants you a lifetime membership.

One of the premium features is https support, which immediately raises my warning flags. Why would they voluntarily settle for bad security when they obviously have the infrastructure to handle it properly? Shouldn’t security be the top most priority considering all recent events?

Evernote followed this exact model many years ago, where you pay extra for security. Let’s just say that they learned from their mistake, and security is no longer considered a premium feature. Now all Evernote users benefit from secure connections.