Comment on Why do people host RSS?
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 weeks ago
Telemetry is one reason.
Not having to worry about the service shutting down (Google Reader) is another.
Synced read status is a common one as well.
You may also use it in combination with another service to create RSS feeds for sites that dont have one.
Honestly having it not just get killed like Google Reader is a big chunk of the userbase.
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I was devastated when Google Reader shut down. I switched to another service after that and it shut down not long after that. Maybe a year or so.
I would have paid for that service at the time.