I didn't like that it wanted to link to an existing account. I don't trust Facebook as far as I could throw the entire company, so that one is right out. I don't have a Twitter account. That just leaves Google. Fine. I do that, and it says that it maybe wants to fiddle with my Google Reader settings? If this thing adds or removes items to my existing set of feeds, I am going to be upset. And even after that, I have to create a Prismatic account, along with a new password. Great, another password to remember. And I'll bet you ten bucks I'll be forced to unsubscribe from the spam they start sending me in a few days.

After that, it required what seemed like nearly endless setup. Pick interests. Pick publishers. Now sit through seven or eight screens where we insist on showing you how it all works, rather than letting you discover that for yourself.

I bailed at about the second "help" screen, and deleted it. It's a very nice-looking app, but I would have to want it really, really badly to go through that much hassle. And I don't.