Google Reader has been in operation for eight years and the news of the cutting the service was announced four months ago as we reported. The company offers the option of downloading user data via Google Takeout by 15 July, and after that all the data from the Reader will be permanently and irreversibly deleted from Google's servers. On its website, Google offers a link to alternative services Reader.

Of course, Google departure from this type of services was the springboard for competitive services, some of which grew by half a million users in 48 hours since the Readers official shut down.

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