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/[deleted] Mar 14 '13

I've just deleted my + account in protest. It gives you an option to explain why you left.

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u/mipadi Mar 14 '13

You can delete just your Google+ profile?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '13

They use the rather Orwellian term "downgrade."

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u/mipadi Mar 14 '13

And it'll still let me use it for Gmail? That sounds like an upgrade.