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Is RSS still a thing or is it dead?

3205 sats \ 27 comments \ @zarko 11 Jan devs

I use RSS a lot to keep me updated. Will they call me boomer?

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1071 sats \ 0 replies \ @tomlaies 11 Jan

RSS is more alive than it ever was

The whole effing podcast industry uses RSS. All kinds of open fediverse and similar apps use RSS.

692 sats \ 9 replies \ @macarena 11 Jan

I use RSS very often, have about 15 sources. Me = Boomer too :) By the way, the reader runs on my Umbrel node. https://apps.umbrel.com/app/freshrss

0 sats \ 8 replies \ @zarko OP 11 Jan

15 sources?

i have up to 600 sources, including podcasts and youtube channels

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @macarena 11 Jan

I'm a little man. For podcasts I'm using fountain, for YT channels directly the YouTube app.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @9 11 Jan

Would you mind sharing your OPML file?

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Eobard 11 Jan

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31 sats \ 4 replies \ @zarko OP 11 Jan

i made my own rss client that embeds youtube player

this way i can watch my favourite channels without open youtube website

plus, youtube webapp doesn't have a way to organize channels subscriptions into folders and lists, mine does

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Eobard 11 Jan freebie

That's interesting. There are also excellent privacy-focused alternatives to YouTube for both desktop and Android. These alternatives come with their own players and unique ways of organizing channel subscriptions. One such example is LibreTube.

584 sats \ 0 replies \ @0fje0 11 Jan

Very much still alive. I use it every day, after recently re-discovering (remembering about) it.

406 sats \ 0 replies \ @brianh 11 Jan

I started using it recently to lessen my presence on the dumpster fires of social media. I self-host my own instance of FreshRSS on my Raspberry pi

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw 11 Jan freebie

~nostr will make RSS mainstream again.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fm 13 Jan

Its solid.. Rock Solid Signal

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @beorange 11 Jan

Use it everyday. Works like a charm.

It is a thing.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @italiansatoshi 11 Jan

The best news filter ever. Don't give up.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stackernews_9inky 11 Jan

RSS is amazing, it's very much alive and kicking.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0245bdaef2 11 Jan

I’m sure the kids today will rediscover rss the same way they rediscover fashion and music. I still use it daily.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @m00ninite 11 Jan

I use it to keep up with webcomics, some small news sites, and some subreddits. It's easy to avoid endless scrolling when your feed is finite and automatically marks articles as "read" when you scroll past them. It's whatever the opposite of a "dark pattern" is.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja 11 Jan

Same for me. I avoid mainstream media, and rely exclusively on my rss feed to stay informed.

It's definitely NOT dead! PS: readwise had the best RSS client on the market.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @guts 11 Jan

Still use it every day and always will.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 11 Jan

People have been saying RSS was dead for at least ten years now. So dumb. Podcasts depend on the protocol. Been using it for years to follow websites and podcasts. I even us it for SN.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @_stacktoshi 11 Jan freebie

I've been paying $2/mo to feedbin.com for years and hardly use it anymore, partly due to social media (SN included) and Readwise. I used to think there was no use for Twitter if I could get all the content I was interested in from RSS, but I think the interaction was what sucked me into that hell-hole.

I pay $8/mo to Readwise and while it has a ton more features, I still prefer feedbin's UI. Readwise is good for notes and it's TTS.