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by spians 6y ago
As a maintainer of an RSS reader app which has its own inventory for suggested feeds, one of the uphill battles is sudden removal of RSS support from various sites. I have a list of feeds which are updated once a month and everytime some si
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by spians 6y ago
These are still four more steps then what it takes to directly install from the Play Store. Most people would view any of these four steps as hurdle. > And you won't need to go to the settings the next time, it'll just work. Yo
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by spians 6y ago
We have created a privacy focused, ad-free, material designed RSS reader app for Android - Plenary. No login/account creation required. No analytics/trackers. No ads. No servers to store your data. Main obstacle when introducing n
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Show HN: Privacy-focused, ad-free RSS feed and offline reader app for Android(play.google.com)
1 points by spians 6y ago|2 comments
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by spians 6y ago
You can disable these annoying prompts by going to https://myaccount.google.com/permissions and disabling "Google Account sign-in prompts". Ideally it should have been user opt in but Google followed dark pattern
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by spians 6y ago
You can try my app Plenary - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spians.ple... which perfectly suits your needs. It doesn't have ads or tracking and doesn't require an account. Plenary is c
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by spians 6y ago
You can purchase Plenary premium to support the app development. Premium will give unlock many features such as - Pure black theme - Automatic cloud backups - Ability to directly open specific links in another app - Unlimited feeds - Quick
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by spians 6y ago
Hi, Thank you for trying out Plenary. 1. Plenary doesn't use Chrome as the browser (it uses Android WebView that uses chrome engine internally). We didn't go with custom tabs as we wanted more control on the interactions with WebV
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by spians 6y ago
No, Plenary is not open source
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by spians 6y ago
Hey HN, We've created an RSS feed and offline reader app for android that doesn't show ads/track your activity. The app is a combination of a feature rich RSS reader, minimalist podcast player and an offline article downloade
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Show HN: Plenary – A privacy focused RSS feed and offline reader app for Android(play.google.com)
18 points by spians 6y ago|8 comments
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Android developer class action suit targets Play Store and 30% transaction fee(androidpolice.com)
1 points by spians 6y ago|0 comments
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by spians 6y ago
Yes I agree, could've been clearer upfront about it being a premium feature. Thanks!
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by spians 6y ago
> Interestingly parent’s plug is a dark pattern to avoid dark patterns! Sorry I didn't find any dark patterns here. If you can elaborate more on this, that would be really helpful. > It’s also surprising that even on HN, a place
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by spians 6y ago
Yes, I have been using your feed and it's amazing. Thanks!
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by spians 6y ago
Thank you for trying it out. Plenary has monthly, quarterly and yearly subscription options and even has a lifetime purchase plan. That is the way support the development of the app so that it doesn't have to rely on ads and works with
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by spians 6y ago
Yup. RSS is the way to go for browsing Reddit without all the dark patterns. Self plug - you can try my app Plenary on Android (no ads/trackers) - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spians.ple..
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by spians 6y ago
Also from the same blog > We know that playing nice with others isn’t exactly your MO, but if you can’t offer people an open platform that brings everything together into one place and makes their lives dramatically simpler, it’s just no
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by spians 6y ago
Not exactly related but how is Microsoft's approach to Teams any different than Google's approach to Google Chat (or Hangouts Chat) that also is component of G-suite?
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by spians 6y ago
> Secondly, with the kind of minuscule market share DDG has, they or their users can hardly get impacted by a couple hours' block I would like to know the exact market share of DDG in India. Also people who use DDG use it as their s
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by spians 6y ago
> This has led to a regular number of collisions between foreign tech companies and India regulators, whether it be Facebook’s attempts to introduce Free Basics or WhatsApp payments, increasing restrictions on Amazon and Flipkart’s e-com
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by spians 6y ago
Yes this is the way for these companies to enter into India's emerging market, but it's getting worse for the end consumer. A lot of "Tech Gurus" in India are suggesting Jio apps as a replacement for the banned Chinese o
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by spians 6y ago
So out of $10 billion that they announced to invest in India in next five to seven years, 45% of it is in Jio? Jio is already on the way to monopolize the telecom sector and with all the investments Jio Platforms has got in past four months
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by spians 6y ago
Here's the RSS feed of the blog https://github.blog/feed/ I am using https://github.blog/category/engineering/feed/ for engineering category
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by spians 6y ago
I mean it happened with the same company just a few months back. Foxconn canceled $5 billion investment plan in India because of a land deal - https://www.gsmarena.com/foxconn_cancels_plans_for_5_billion...
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by spians 6y ago
Honestly there are no perfect solutions to this. There are cross platform frameworks (React Native, Xamarin etc) that you can try but you'll definitely hit the wall when trying to access low level native APIs. Kotlin Multiplatform seem
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How to create RSS feed of popular websites(medium.com)
4 points by spians 6y ago|0 comments
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by spians 6y ago
Hey HN, We've created an RSS feed and offline reader app for android that doesn't show ads/track your activity. The app is a combination of a feature rich RSS reader and an offline article downloader (similar to read it later
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Show HN: Plenary – A privacy focused RSS feed and offline reader app for Android(play.google.com)
3 points by spians 6y ago|1 comments
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by spians 6y ago
This "Not approved by Government or Public Health Organizations" rule seems to apply to all the indie apps except for the apps built by mega corps - Twitter app asks users to follow Covid-19 related news as the first item in their

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