Native RSS support never made sense as a core feature for browsers in the first place; extensions are much better suited for this. There are plenty of replaceme

Native RSS support never made sense as a core feature for browsers in the first place; extensions are much better suited for this. There are plenty of replacements for Google Reader as well, which also provide much more than just RSS. In the media optimized for engagement/addiction, RSS provides a step off the platform, so of course they don't use it. Even many personal blogs the article mostly talks about might want to keep the reader on the site for clicks. It's a conflict of interest between content providers and consumers (mostly advertisement). It's not an implementation issue.