Example: using the invidious RSS feature for YouTube channels instead of subscribing
Most importantly it gives you back agency over what you consume online. No algorithms.
Any good open source options?
Many
I just opened Lemmy after hitting the bottom of my unread posts in Miniflux.
On iOS this is my favorite RSS reader: feeeed
Free, really nice interface, and lots of really useful features.
Looks cool. Do you use it for any other platform besides RSS?
Yeah, I follow a few YouTube channels with it. I also use the “random Wikipedia article” feature. I used to also track a couple subreddits but I think that broke lately with one of Reddit’s updates.
Thunderbird doubles as a rss feed too
I don’t spend anywhere near enough time reading to keep up with all my feeds, so the unread counts on the ones with longer posts just keep going up.
In FreshRSS you can automatically mark new posts as read to disable the unread feature all together.
I had to do that because I don’t read everything. I use RSS as a news feed to scroll and click on whatever I am interested in reading.
I’ve tried RSS on and off for 25 years. I just never found a way to use it that isn’t completely clunky. 🤷♀️
If the website has a RSS…
I wanted to subscribe to the Mecha Comet Linux device blog but they don’t have a RSS…
Check out rss bridge, you can turn most things rssable
RSS is great. RIP Aaron Swartz
I like the concept of RSS I just can’t get the workflow down. Can I have email alerts sent to me?
I also use RSS, mostly for news but I‘m also subscribed to a couple of blogs. For me it‘s better than having to use a bunch of proprietary apps.
Excellent.
I wouldn’t be able to run the Trailers community the way I do today without the RSS reader NewsBlur.
I’ve been using the Feedbro extension for Firefox and quite like it. Some feeds display full or almost full articles directly in the reader;
My favorite for Android is Feeder, no sign up, no hosting
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nononsenseapps.feeder.play
also on FDroid :D
