Dave Winer, who is credited for his inventions of both RSS and blog, wanted to respond to the demise of Google Reader, Google's RSS service and feed aggregator:
"I won't miss it I've never used it. I do not believe that a company as large as Google has common interests with me, and I do not trust them to store all the news I want to read Besides that, I do not think that an approach such as "inbox" is a good idea Who cares about the number of unread items? I like the idea of a river of news to read, and I have many configured flows, bringing me news and podcasts. [...] the next time, remember to pay for the services you depend on. Those have more chances of surviving the bubble. "
The approach is interesting, but probably too biased for the most of Google Reader users Anyway, I have already published an article suggesting some alternatives to Google Reader.
