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As a reader of written word content RSS was wonderful because it allowed you to consume content without distraction, in the format you liked it. For written wor
by indymike 5y ago
As a reader of written word content RSS was wonderful because it allowed you to consume content without distraction, in the format you liked it. For written word publishers RSS was problematic, especially if you were trying to make a living from writing because it stripped out all the paywalls, ads and/or traffic tracking you needed to make a living.
For non written content RSS is still huge (it's how podcasts work https://podcasters.apple.com/support/823-podcast-requirements https://podcasters.apple.com/support/823-podcast-requirement...). Incidentally there are some very good podcast clients, and some treat an RSS feed as podcast with a missing media download/stream.
- makecheck 5y agoI would have to assume they could track accesses to the RSS feed if they wanted to. And they could embed text-only ad messages. The problem isn’t that these things became impossible, the “problem” for ad companies is they couldn’t do it in their preferred obnoxious, overdone, and intrusive style.