Google Reader

The one that still hurts.

CAUSE OF DEATH: Killed to feed Google+, which also died.

RSS, Clean UI, Millions of Loyal Users
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Google killed the best RSS reader ever made because it didn't fit their Google+ social strategy. The same Google+ that also died. So Google killed a beloved product to feed a product that also died. It's the ouroboros of product mismanagement. A decade later, people are still mad. Rightfully. Some wounds don't heal.