Ask HN: Why just don't charge for Google Reader?

1 points by mars ↗ HN
I was wondering why Google wouldn't just charge a small fee for the usage of Google Reader. I guess loads of users are willing to pay. What do you guys think?

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Or how about spinning it off into a new company? Wouldn't that provide more value to shareholders than throwing the whole thing away?
Supposedly it's too tightly integrated into their internal infrastructure to spin it off.