Not that Google definitely won't decide to shut down their services (I still remember you, Google Reader!), but I'm extremely hesitant to commit to some alterna

Not that Google definitely won't decide to shut down their services (I still remember you, Google Reader!), but I'm extremely hesitant to commit to some alternate services. I've been burned so many times when thinking "ah, what a great service!" and then it vanishes after I've grown used to it an can't imagine my life without it. I'd much rather move to self-hosted for as much as possible. But then that leads to the bother of installing and maintaining things. And then I'm back to being lazy and sticking with Google services. It's my eternal cycle.