Reader was good, it dominated the scene since nearly inception, but it never got any better. They never did anything much with it and it sort of sat there. Since Google’s products to their customers is people’s personal information, it’s going to be a LOT better moving forward with blog aggregators by people that actually care about blog aggregators. So reader was a blip and will not be missed. No one will look back and say “oh I really miss google reader,” because while it was good in 2005, it’s not 2005 anymore last I checked.
Anyway, I’ve switched over to a Chrome Plugin called FEEDLY and it seems OK so far. What I really need now is to get is a newsgroup reader…