This is an interesting read along with the article [1] where the Google Reader developer suggests that the retirement of Reader will prevent new ideas at Google

This is an interesting read along with the article [1] where the Google Reader developer suggests that the retirement of Reader will prevent new ideas at Google for fear of the same treatment regardless of the adoption. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5981630 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5981630