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Why Everyone Should Still Use an RSS Reader in 2024 (lifehacker.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Ninjazzon@infosec.pub to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Whatever the linguistic details, one of the main roles of RSS is to supply directly to you a steady stream of updates from a website. Every new article published on that site is served up in a list that can be interpreted by an RSS reader.

Unfortunately, RSS is no longer how most of us consume "content." (Google famously killed its beloved Google Reader more than a decade ago.) It's now the norm to check social media or the front pages of many different sites to see what's new. But I think RSS still has a place in your life: Especially for those who don't want to miss anything or have algorithms choosing what they read, it remains one of the best ways to navigate the internet. Here's a primer on what RSS can (still!) do for you, and how to get started with it, even in this late era of online existence.

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[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 113 points 5 months ago

Google Reader shutdown has completely changed the way I was ingesting information. It was so convenient, I always had 2-3 days worth of articles, web comics and news for reading.
Another problem was that many sites shifted to providing only parts of articles instead of full versions, and it was still the time when I wasn't always online to finish reading.

[-] kubica@kbin.social 65 points 5 months ago

Sigh, that was my wake up call to not rely on google products.

[-] vinniep@lemmy.world 44 points 5 months ago

The Google Reader shutdown hit me hard also. They offered all of the features in a really great app and many of the competitors shut down in their wake, so when they exited the scene, it left a huge hole.

[-] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

I jumped to Feedly and have been using that ever since. After they killed reader, I've been very hesitant of using any new Google product, expecting and seeing them all inevitably die.

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Seconded. Back when Feedly had a “pay one price” special for Google reader refugees.

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago

Another problem was that many sites shifted to providing only parts of articles instead of full versions

That annoys me so much, that is the number one reason why I use Feeder more than Feedly nowadays (I manually keep them synced, Feedly is multiplatform and Feeder sadly isn't) as it has a feature to download the page and use their native app view, so much better than going to the site (even with Ublock I'd rather not go unless I want to comment or see comments, which sadly isn't a thing for most of the sites nowadays).

[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Oh, cool, thank you, I'll check Feeder out. I want my stuff to be on my phone. I'm going to the airport right now, and spending 8,5 hours without internet. It's funny that I wouldn't have a problem with that in 2008, but I have now :)

[-] brisk@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago

Is that the OSS F_Droid feeder or the other one?

[-] pedroapero@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

I stopped following sites with dubious commercial tactics like the one you mention. After all, information is not so rare these days.

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