Not all software requires revenue to exist and function, this kind of thinking implies that software that does not generate a revenue is somehow competing unfai

Not all software requires revenue to exist and function, this kind of thinking implies that software that does not generate a revenue is somehow competing unfairly with software that seeks to generate a revenue. More simply, nobody is guaranteed the opportunity to generate revenue and the exit of Google Reader only enhances the chance for someone to make money on RSS software. If it turns out people don't want to pay for RSS and consider RSS to only have value as a free service, then that is fine and use of hobby or open source RSS projects will become the norm.