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Why Everyone Should Still Use an RSS Reader in 2024 (lifehacker.com)
submitted 9 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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[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Anyone got a favourite open source rss reader? So far I am mostly finding stuff with subscriptions. Even though many have a free plan i'd like to try to find an open one first

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I've recommended these a couple of times in this thread, but I use Fluent Reader on desktop (cross-platform) and Feeder on Android. Both are FOSS and load articles locally, so no account/subscription required.

[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 9 points 9 months ago

I cannot tell you how much better it feels to click a link to an android app and it opens github and not the play store.

[–] AllYourSmurf@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Check out FreshRSS. You can self host, so if you have a home server, this will do the trick. Use your favorite reader app that can connect to it.

I get the subscription fatigue. I’m currently paying for Inoreader because I haven’t fully cut over to FreshRSS. It has good tools that are worth it for many, but all those subscriptions add up fast.

[–] Dehydrated@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

FreshRSS is awesome, I use it with Read You on Android and I love it

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

NetNewsWire for Apple devices.

[–] Dehydrated@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Never realized that it's open source. That's great.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 months ago

Thunderbird will do RSS.

[–] pelotron@midwest.social 3 points 9 months ago

When Google Reader shut down, Feedly had an "import from Google" feature on their sign up page. Been using it for free ever since.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world -5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Feedly

[–] RIP_Apollo@feddit.ch 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Are you sure that Feedly is open source? I can’t find any mention of it on their website.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sorry didn't parse that part.

[–] RIP_Apollo@feddit.ch 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

OK, no worries.

(Also, I didn’t downvote your comment btw)

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

It would have been justified.