@2davidc8 – Thanks. But Flipboard (which I’ve used on both iOS and Android) is a completely different product for an entirely different use case. Power users are so upset about Google closing down Reader because it’s how we are able to consume large quantities of information in the most efficient way possible. Flipboard is pretty, but doesn’t solve what RSS does – in any way, functionally speaking.
Anyway, this will likely have a good effect on the software market in the long run. It seems that I’m not alone. Power users and techies have been shaken into realizing that Google is no longer serving them. This should open up some real possibilities for new software and services, which will allow the techie crowd to leave Google to become another damn Apple and serve up sh*t for people who don’t know better. (Did I mention that I am mad?)