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Their explanation was usage was declining. And despite the fact Reader users are vocally upset, I have seen no evidence that contradicts that.
by Kylekramer 14y ago
Their explanation was usage was declining. And despite the fact Reader users are vocally upset, I have seen no evidence that contradicts that.
- Samuel_Michon 14y agoAfter Google's announcement, Feedly announced they received 500,000 signups in two days, so apparently there were plenty of Google Reader users left. I'm also willing to bet that if there was a decline in Google Reader users, it had something to do with the web app being neglected for so long and Google having taken away several useful features in the last couple of years. Anyways, “usage was declining” was their argument for pulling the plug, but not an explanation of why they never tried to capitalize on the service.
- mikeash 14y ago500,000 is the sort of number that is huge to a company like Feedly and can't even be distinguished from day-to-day noise in the statistics to a company like Google.
- IheartApplesDix 14y agoSelf fulfilling prophecy.