On: Google Reader is dead

[chii]

I think the real cause is they don't want to promote a different platform (i m thinkin g+) as the mainstream source of content stream, and supporting RSS as a protocol is only going to dilute that goal. Even if they were making a profit on reader, they would still kill it (unless it's fuck-you profit, which it certainly isn't).

I don't agree with their goal, but since i m not a google customer, and i don't pay them money, i don't get to decide their goal.

[sentenza → chii]

Hm. They managed to lose me as a G+ user by discontinuing Google Reader, since Reader was the centerpoint of all my sharing activity.

[LoganCale → sentenza]

And they've lost me for everything but Gmail (so far) as a result of the Reader shutdown (and other things).

[chii → LoganCale]

its a bit annoying since an email address is tied to so many things - if google starts screwing with gmail, i m gonna be screwed hard =(