Journalists loved google reader, and they have outsized publicity effects when you kill something they love, that is related to their work. Therefore it feels

Journalists loved google reader, and they have outsized publicity effects when you kill something they love, that is related to their work. Therefore it feels like it dying is way more of a deal than it actually is, since what is talked about with journalists feels like is what everyone actually cares about, even if it isn't. Personally I still miss it, nothing was quite as fast or robust in reading RSS queues. RSS feed updates were fast & reliable, the UI was fast, keyboard shortcuts made it fast to use, it didn't have basic bugs that current alternatives have at times and the few alternatives don't quite approach how good it was.