RSS is a nice idea. Unfortunately too many websites want you to use email “newsletters” instead.
Even Ghost has no mechanism to add an RSS link. You have to inspect the page code or use a dedicated extension.
A deep dive into the rss feed reader landscape
Submitted 1 day ago by cyrano@piefed.social to technology@lemmy.world
https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/feed-reader-deep-dive
Comments
brunebrand@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
it’s missing quiterss
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Couldbt keep reading. The comma splices and run-on sentences were breaking my brain. I’m sorry.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 19 hours ago
Their main purpose is enabling their users to consume content from various sources in one place.
Uh, no? RSS/Atom only contains a summary. It’s to inform you about news. An alternative to E-Mail newsletters. Website scraping is extra functionality some clients do.
t0fr@lemmy.ca 17 hours ago
RSS/Atom can contain a summary, or it can be the full article. It’s the choice if the website what to put in it. They only put a summary to force you to visit their webpage to serve ads.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I think the use of the word “enabling” is correct.
artyom@piefed.social 15 hours ago
Many RSS readers will scrape the entire contents from the website
handyw@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
I used to use freshrss,innoreader,qireader,not select the services like AI
leastaction@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
Feeder on my phone is my go-to source of information about the things I’m interested in on a daily basis. That and The Guardian is all I need.