My disappointment is that I purchased Reeder 1.x after hearing about the Google Reeder shutdown expecting that it handled multiple services. A few weeks later,

My disappointment is that I purchased Reeder 1.x after hearing about the Google Reeder shutdown expecting that it handled multiple services. A few weeks later, the author releases it for "free" which gave the only forward path a new app with a recharge. It is an interesting issue. Which is more important, the product or the customer service?