It has 20 million users.ĭemonstrating the site's effectiveness, PepsiCo Inc recently removed a controversial chemical from its Gatorade drinks following concerns from consumers and an online petition on started by a Mississippi teenager. "The killing Of Google Reader highlights the risk of relying on a single provider," another Tweet said.ĭan Lewis, a New York lawyer, started a campaign on petition website to save Google Reader that garnered about 54,000 supporters in about 16 hours.Ĭ, a for-profit platform funded through non-profit advertising, is paid by human and animal rights organizations such as Amnesty International and the Humane Society to host their petitions. The simple reason: RSS can't be controlled and monetized easily," one Twitter user wrote. "Shutdown of Google Reader because of a 'lack of consumer appeal?' No way. Google has not disclosed the number of Google Reader users, but irate users of the doomed app took to Twitter on Thursday to vent about the closing of the service, making "Google Reader" one of the top trending topics on the microblogging site.
"These moves support our general thesis that management is disciplined in its capital allocation efforts," Morningstar analyst Rick Summer said, adding that none of these closures will affect his forecast or fair value estimate on Google's stock. Google declined to comment beyond the blog post.
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