I have no idea what the usage of Reader was, which might have informed Google as to how advisable pithing the system was. I do know that suddenly I feel much more restrained in my ability and opportunity to share information, and have a much diminished ability get info from others. Ugh. DOF sums it up nicely in the attached.
That said, and to keep it in perspective, there are far more grave threats, tragedies, and calls to arms than Google screwing around with Reader and Plus. Really.
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Google screws the pooch. By dof, on November 1st, 2011. If you don't use RSS readers, you might want to skip this one. My favorite RSS reader was Google Reader, because. It presented the articles …
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