That would be fine, and Google should still be lauded. Hangout started a whole cottage industry, and also nudged existing video chat vendors to adopt Hangout like functionality. If Google shut down Hangout, I would miss how reliable and high-quality it is compared to Skype, but there are a couple good alternatives now.
Can you link to a few that you've found useful?
Can we just fuck right off with the whining about Reader at this point?