Yes. I actually switched to https://feedbin.me in April and never looked back. 2$/month. I am super satisfied so far. And it even works with Reeder for iPhone! (support for Mac and iPad is coming)

Feedbin will be down today though. They are getting new servers. See http://blog.feedbin.me/2013/06/27/feedbin-server-move/.

I wouldn't - the news of the Google Reader shutdown made great opportunity for many nice RSS/news readers to be born; so I would just switch, there are plenty of good alternatives now.

I actually use Feedly now - its perfect for me.

In hindsight, I'm glad they shut it down. I've discovered so many alternatives. Like others in this thread, I've opted to go for Feedly. I like how it syncs across my desktop, mobile and tablet.

No, it's being shut down soon.

But seriously, yes I would have happily forked out had I been given the option.

newsblur isn't exactly like google reader, but it's likely close enough for your question.

Here are the stats that show when logged into newsblur as of this post:

Premium (Paid)Users: 7,534

Standard (Free) Users: 11,387

So it looks like 11,387 folks would at $24/yr (USD).

No. I preffer to pay to a small company than one that can afford that and more.

Yep!