> RSS was first released/specified in 1999, so to say that the idea was to escape platforms like twitter is rewriting history But they said "proprietary platfo

> RSS was first released/specified in 1999, so to say that the idea was to escape platforms like twitter is rewriting history But they said "proprietary platforms like Twitter", not Twitter, so they would not be wrong in making that statement. Except, in an unexpected twist, RSS was actually initially developed to be used on Netscape's proprietary portal. It was not until a bit later that the open standards, anti-monopoly group won out.