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I remember when Google had a really awesome thing that provided great content experiences: It was called Google Reader. I wish they would take some of the energ
by dccoolgai 10y ago
I remember when Google had a really awesome thing that provided great content experiences: It was called Google Reader. I wish they would take some of the energy they are using trying to force AMP down everyone's throats and just re-launch Reader.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoAnd the beautiful thing is, RSS feeds load quickly with no scripts, embedded ads, or tracking, and isn't tied to any proprietary cloud service provider. More and more I am convinced Google convinces everyone to move away from things just so they can "reinvent" them down the line in a more proprietary fashion.
- mikewhy 10y agoThere totally are RSS feeds with ads and tracking.
- patmcguire 10y agoIncluding Google Reader. You could put ads in the feed. If you really want to track people an image load is enough, too, although it's harder to plug third parties in.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoI mean, sure, you can put like... text ads in an RSS feed, and I'm sure you can throw a tracking link as a link to click on in there. But unless you click into the page from the RSS feed, you aren't going to be picking up any stray cookies or have any scripts running on your computer. Browsing an RSS reader is very fast, and has very little bloat.