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Will Reddit Kill RSS Feeds (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by curt@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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I just set up all the subreddits I still want to following in Reeder, an RSS app. I'm able scroll through the posts ad free. It the occurred to me that this is a loss of revenue to Reddit. Could RSS be the new target for onerous fees?

It could be the case that RSS usage is small compared to 3rd party apps like Apollo so not of much concern. It also may be the case that it isn't possible for Reddit to charge for the usage. If they can't charge, they may just disable RSS altogether. I'm only guessing. I'll take off my tinfoil hat now.

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[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to have it set up so it gave me a personal RSS feed of replies to me. I don't remember the details because it was a really long time ago, but it was kind of cool and I pitched it to a couple other places that needed notifications but didn't have mobile apps (none bought in though).

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The Reddit RSS wiki entry explains basic use of the RSS features and also links to a masterclass on advance use of the feature from 11 years ago . From the comments these features still currently work as of 5 months ago, and you can pull comment feeds but I'm not sure how useful it would be given how RSS works.

[–] withersailor@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The masterclass link is blocked for me "unreviewed content" with a use the official app message.