Yahoo kills Alta Vista and other products you never knew

Since when did Google get a pass for killing Reader? The Boing Boing thread about it shows 170 comments.

There were quite a few articles I read that were along the lines of “If they’re shutting down Google Reader, how can we trust them to maintain any service?” And a lot of suggestions for alternatives to Google Reader and to other Google services. Especially ones that don’t depend on any particular company.