Please, Google was terrible about using the tech the had long before Sundar, bac...

vinkelhake · 2026-02-06T22:07:52 1770415672

Is there an equivalent to Godwin's law wrt threads about Google and Google Reader?

See also: any programming thread and Rust.

scarmig · 2026-02-06T22:57:43 1770418663

I'm convinced my last groan will be reading a thread about Google paper clipping the world, and someone will be moaning about Google Reader.

tbossanova · 2026-02-06T23:46:55 1770421615

“A more elegant weapon of a civilised age.”

refulgentis · 2026-02-07T00:53:17 1770425597

Lol, it seems obvious in retrospect, there really, really, needs to be.

Therefore we now have “Vinkel’s Law”

wisty · 2026-02-07T06:20:41 1770445241

It's far from the only example https://killedbygoogle.com/

burgreblast · 2026-02-06T22:28:27 1770416907

I never get the moaning about killing Reader. It was never about popularity or user experience.

Reader had to be killed because it [was seen as] a suboptimal ad monetization engine. Page views were superior.

Was Google going to support minimizing ads in any way?

theptip · 2026-02-07T18:06:14 1770487574

Right. Reader was not a case of apathy and failure to see the product’s value.

It was Google clearly seeing the product’s value, and killing it because that value was detrimental to their ads business.

DiggyJohnson · 2026-02-06T22:26:43 1770416803

How is this relevant? At best it’s tangentially related and low effort

jamespo · 2026-02-06T22:08:55 1770415735

Took a while but I got to the google reader post. Self host tt-rss, it's much better

largbae · 2026-02-06T23:29:49 1770420589

Can you not vibe code it back into existence yet?