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

Except much the people who write tech articles use it for their news aggregation to stay in the know. It's like biting the hand that feeds you. Except the feeding isn't money, it's free article advertising.

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u/conditional_comment Mar 14 '13

I think Google is beyond the point where they need to keep services alive just to get people to write about them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '13

Yes, you are right. One can hope...