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The difference is that every computer comes with a app where you can copy-paste that URL and see the full website. With RSS, you first need to find and install
by max51 3y ago
The difference is that every computer comes with a app where you can copy-paste that URL and see the full website. With RSS, you first need to find and install a 3rd party software to view it and/or create an account on a website.
- vel0city 3y agoThis was one feature I really liked about the old Opera. I seem to recall being able to look at an RSS feed and it applied a basic style to it from the get-go, as it had baked-in RSS support.
- philwelch 3y agoThat’s mostly because tech companies have been trying to kill open protocols like RSS in order to lock people into their proprietary platforms.
- piperswe 3y agoThat doesn't answer why Firefox doesn't have RSS support anymore though (removed in 2018)
- philwelch 3y agoI don’t think Firefox continuing to support RSS would have made a difference. It makes sense for Mozilla to prioritize features that users actually want over trying to maintain some idealistic vision that was already dead.