They have this “secure” “security feature” called "Play Protect. Oh, and let me not forget “instant apps” which makes it “unnecessary” to “install” apps.
Isn’t that how they are going to “solve” that, most likely?
I use and like the new version of NetNewsWire after having the old version forever. Works well. I actually bought it after using the free version for like 10 years. I like using the arrow keys to navigate around the feeds.
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From what I understand Reader died because it wasn’t a cool enough job to maintain the completed project.
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Yes! And where you have to rely on them to not sell or lose data about what things you subscribe to / read / interact with. I don’t want a web service for RSS.
This is half of why I stopped using RSS. The reader software that I used stopped getting updated around the same time that so many sites dropped their RSS feeds or switched them to the “truncated lead sentence only” format. I looked up a couple recently and one hasn’t been updated since 2013 (and relies on Internet Explorer internally), while the other required an outdated version of Java.
Might go searching to see if there have been any decent new ones built (or old ones maintained) sometime when I’m bored, but I have plenty of other things to do.
I use Tiny Tiny RSS (TTRSS) running on a Raspberry Pi, exposed for remote access on a high-numbered port.
Not the right solution for most people.
Following the link at the first link I come across this:
This form takes your web page and turns it into RSS 0.92. This is especially useful for Blogger users.
A tip of the hat to Aaron Swartz who came up with the idea and the first implementation.
Damnit.
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