> if the product is popular and produces value, it will stick around. I'm afraid there are more factors than this at play. Reader was both popular, and it prod

> if the product is popular and produces value, it will stick around. I'm afraid there are more factors than this at play. Reader was both popular, and it produced value (to me and many others). I was never even given the option to pay for it. For whatever reason, Reader didn't fit Google's strategic vision... so it got axed.