> The service that drives more traffic than Google+ was sacrificed because it didn’t meet some vague corporate goals; users — many of them life long — be damned

> The service that drives more traffic than Google+ was sacrificed because it didn’t meet some vague corporate goals; users — many of them life long — be damned. I think this explains why Reader was killed... It competes with G+. Want updates from your favorite website? Follow them on G+. It's a turn away from open formats and interoperability.