The thing is, a few weeks back Reader could be considered core Google offerings.

kdude63 · on March 18, 2013

Which is exactly why Google lost everyone's trust.

sethist · on March 18, 2013

Anyone who would say that hasn't been paying attention. Not only had innovation on Reader slowed to a halt, but Google was also working on and prioritizing products that competed with it (G+). There is a reason why Feedly was able to move so quickly on replacing the Google Reader API, they were anticipating the shutdown of Reader for a while.

lawdawg · on March 18, 2013

Is this a joke? A product with less than 1-2 million active users can't honestly be considered a "core Google offering".

kamaal · on March 19, 2013

How many more million users are needed?

Groxx · on March 18, 2013

How so? RSS is definitely niche (especially when compared to those three), and I don't see how they would be making money off it, except via ads - turning off AdBlock, I don't see any.

lucb1e · on March 18, 2013

Not as core as Search or YouTube though...