Attitude and bad language aside, I understand the sentiment. But I haven't seen one rant on this topic that looks at the bigger picture: how much these shutdown

Attitude and bad language aside, I understand the sentiment. But I haven't seen one rant on this topic that looks at the bigger picture: how much these shutdowns hurts other startups. When there are lots of shutdowns, especially high profile ones like Google reader, potential customers are going to be more weary and other startups won't get the same traction. It's one thing when you loose the convenience of buying your widgets online, its a lot more painful when you've uploaded content, created a network, etc. Maybe it's so blindingly obvious it doesn't need to be said.