Reader's Dead and Google doesn't want us to remember that. (opens in new tab)

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4 pointshafichuk12y ago4 comments

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mooism212y ago· 2 in thread

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?

steve91812y ago

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

indubitably12y ago

Because Google sucks.

millzlane12y ago

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

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