Google's sudden decision to sunset Reader — perhaps the best-known RSS reader ever made — has been met with swift reaction from high-profile users across the web. Here's a sampling of people asking to save an RSS service on Google... all coming from the service that probably helped kill it in the first place: Twitter.
From Twitter's Jim Prosser:
Couldn't @google at least open-source Reader like they did with Wave (a tool with far, far less devotees)? A sad day.
— Jim Prosser (@jimprosser) March 13, 2013
I guess I'll be exporting to the old reader theoldreader.com. Also: fuck you Google for taking away one of my favorite tools AGAIN.
— Matt Haughey (@mathowie) March 13, 2013
From gdgt co-founder Ryan Block:
Hey @google, you really need to do the internet a solid here. Reader is still heavily used. At least sell it off to someone else to operate.
— Ryan Block (@ryan) March 13, 2013
From The New York Times' David Carr:
Always read about pulled plugs on product and say, no biggie. But #GoogleReader? The are shutting down my jam. bit.ly/X8bldR
— david carr (@carr2n) March 13, 2013
From Phone Scoop's Eric Zeman:
Google Reader is the single most important tool I use every day to do my job effectively.
— Eric Zeman (@phonescooper) March 13, 2013
Some gallows humor from Pinboard:
Thank God they spared Orkut
— Pinboard (@Pinboard) March 13, 2013
Felicia Day chimes in:
I'm very upset about Google Reader disappearing. I use it every morning, every afternoon. RSS should not be shoved aside!!!!
— Felicia Day (@feliciaday) March 14, 2013