I wouldn't use such damning words, but basically I agree. The thing is, RSS hasn't caught on with users/readers after all this time. I think we can safely say

I wouldn't use such damning words, but basically I agree. The thing is, RSS hasn't caught on with users/readers after all this time. I think we can safely say most people won't ever use an RSS reader in the way that was expected, a pull email system. It has however, caught on with publishers. That makes it into a behind the scenes technology that users don't really need to know about, which I think means the disconnect is to be expected. I don't think there is a clear line between the implications previously discussed (ad nauseam) and this, if a user doesn't know what an rss feed is.