Google has announced that it will be retiring Google Reader on July 1st.
I’m rather surprised. I happened to like this product, and I know quite a number of other people do as well!
Google announced on the Google Reader blog that the reasons for closure are due to a decline in product usage and a shifting in Google of focusing all their resources on fewer products.
I know I’m of the thought that the product was stable, why not just keep it there for those who would like to use it? We won’t complain about lack of updates over the years.
If you have an alternative program or webservice for Google Reader, do share in the comments.
