Shutting down Reader was a monumentally stupid thing to do. Social features aside, I liked that it was a website I could go to and catch up on things no matter

Shutting down Reader was a monumentally stupid thing to do. Social features aside, I liked that it was a website I could go to and catch up on things no matter if I was at home or at work or elsewhere. The alternatives were things like apps, that didn't have that kind of access, or a self-hosted thing that I didn't want to manage, or some services that I don't think lasted. All of the alternatives are worse. And imagine if you're dependent on gmail and they shut that down. Reader was like that.