Mistermix is unhappy. ED Kain is unhappy. Garrett Guillotte is unhappy.
I am unhappy, too.
UPDATE BY TREVOR: I think Balloon Juice’s summation is worth isolating:
In all of these cases, Google has engaged in classic predatory behavior. They drop a free product in a market where a number of small, entrepreneurial solutions are operating. This free product is either better (Reader), or better and cheaper (Maps and Apps). Google keeps the low or free price long enough to drive the competition out of business. Then, they either monetize (Maps and Apps) or bastardize (Reader) the Google product.
Unless the Google product you’re using shows you ads, runs on a mobile phone, or is somehow competing with Facebook, prepare to either pay or be disappointed. That’s just how they roll now that they’ve become the new boss.
What’s Google’s motto again?
I don’t give a shit about no longer being able to share or whatever others may bitch about, but there’s too damn much empty useless space, resulting in too much scrolling.
How is it progress to see a mere 10 items at a time when one could see what, 20+ before?
Their motto seems to be “Screw you, we know what we like!”