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RSS is dead... long since dead. There are a myriad of reasons why it died. 1. People don't want you to use RSS. They want you to visit their site so they make
by burtonator 7y ago
RSS is dead... long since dead. There are a myriad of reasons why it died.
1. People don't want you to use RSS. They want you to visit their site so they make money from ads.
2. Only a small percentage of users care about RSS.
3. DRY (don't repeat yourself) principle. The RSS feed often breaks an no one really knows about it.
Source: Me... I was one of the inventors of RSS and run an feed SaaS platform which only has sunset support for RSS
http://www.datastreamer.io/ http://www.datastreamer.io/
- scarface74 7y agoRSS is “dead” as far as users, but who cares? Every site I frequent has an RSS feed - even Reddit. As long as content producers support it, it’s not a problem.
- bhelkey 7y agoAs others have mentioned, there is a fear that if RSS users aren't viewing ads and RSS users keep decreasing in number, eventually, content producers will stop supporting it.
- scarface74 7y agoVery few sites have the full content in the RSS feed. Some even just have the titles. It doesn’t really effect ad views.
- chmaynard 7y agoTo paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the death of RSS are greatly exaggerated. :)
- vunie 7y agoRSS is very much alive and kicking. It has only lost its status among mainstream users.