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This seems to be a popular meme, especially on HN. RSS is not 'demised'. It's still used heavily for podcasts, wordpress (and many other blog sites) expose it,
by craftyguy 8y ago
This seems to be a popular meme, especially on HN. RSS is not 'demised'. It's still used heavily for podcasts, wordpress (and many other blog sites) expose it, and there are countless mobile and desktop apps for fetching RSS and displaying them. RSS is alive and well, even if Google Reader is no longer a thing. Or is considering that RSS did not replace everything on the internet 'proof' that it is dying?
- stcredzero 8y agoRSS is alive and well, even if Google Reader is no longer a thing. The subtext I get from this article: Big Tech didn't want RSS, because they wanted their own silos/walled gardens. For awhile, Facebook was a superior feed. There's no reason why the superior feed couldn't have been built on RSS, except the desire for companies to control the whole thing. Or is considering that RSS did not replace everything on the internet 'proof' that it is dying? Big tech wants RSS to die. This is why they kill applications that are still popular, and why articles appear in the media talking about it being dead.
- drdeadringer 8y ago> It's still used heavily for podcasts I have an RSS app on my tablet which is my primary method of staying up to date on the podcasts I listen to. The few non-podcasts I'm RSS-subscribed to are webcomics.