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RSS is essentially dead, sadly. Can't push ads or gather analytics through it so it's been "optimised out" of the web. Even those rare sites that DO support RS
by jperry 5y ago
RSS is essentially dead, sadly. Can't push ads or gather analytics through it so it's been "optimised out" of the web.
Even those rare sites that DO support RSS quite often only show the first paragraph or even just the title of the page, which I suppose is an acceptable compromise.
- kenniskrag 5y agoThey can for example: * only provide lead text * use html with image ads * use html with an ads-js
- wfriesen 5y agoI use rssbridge for sites without a feed, and the feediron plugin for ttrss for sites whose feed is incomplete. https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge https://github.com/feediron/ttrss_plugin-feediron https://github.com/feediron/ttrss_plugin-feediron https://git.tt-rss.org/fox/tt-rss https://git.tt-rss.org/fox/tt-rss
- corobo 5y agoFor folks on iOS the app Unread does an instapaper-like reader view of the feed text if it detects (or if you set manually) an excerpt feed
- cblconfederate 5y agoAs a protocol it hasnt been replaced by something better. So it isn't dead, just pushed out of the market by grabby walled gardens