Reader's Dead and Google doesn't want us to remember that. (web.archive.org)

4 points by hafichuk 13y ago ↗ HN

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I expect their robots.txt blocks it because (a) Reader was useless if you didn't have an account, and (b) Reader was useless without the server-side components.

Why do people ascribe malice to everything?

steve918 13y ago ↗

But, but... this is clearly some Orwellian scheme by Big Brother Google to rewrite history!

indubitably 13y ago ↗

Because Google sucks.

millzlane 13y ago ↗

They do allow:/reader/play though, which probably redirects to /reader .