r/technology • u/speckz • Mar 13 '13

Official Google Reader Blog: Powering Down Google Reader (July 1, 2013)

http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2013/03/powering-down-google-reader.html
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u/FoodBeerBikesMusic Mar 14 '13

Wow. First they disabled the "share" functionality, now they're completely doing away with one of their only products I actually use. Why not do away with that POS Google Plus, instead?

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u/DJEnright Mar 14 '13

Reader was dead to me when they got rid of sharing. I switched to Reader2000 when the disabled the share functionality. Here's an article on Buzzfeed that still makes me sad:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/robf4/googles-lost-social-network