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I switched from #Feeder to #ReadYou as my favorite #RSS #app. The user interface in "Read You" is much cleaner and more visually appealing. It feels more modern and intuitive, which makes browsing through articles more enjoyable. I also find the readability to be significantly better, the fonts, spacing, and layout make it easier on the eyes. Overall, it just offers a more pleasant and efficient reading experience.

You can find it on #Fdroid
f-droid.org/en/packages/me.ash

f-droid.orgRead You | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App RepositoryA modern and elegant RSS reader with Material You design

My @Inoreader subscription is up in a week's time. It's a great RSS reader, but I'm idly wondering if self-hosting an #RSS reader on a box I already pay for might be the plan. Is FreshRSS the one that most people would recommend? Particularly interested in the "web scraping" feature that FreshRSS offers (Inoreader limits those to just 20).

$90 potential saving, I suppose, with the only main loss that I lose some email subscriptions. I've been with Inoreader since Aug 2014 (when it was half the price).

Edit : Thanks everyone! Am going to try Inoreader and if I want to tackle self-hosting will defiantly look into FreshRSS.

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Linux users - I've been using Feedly since Google tried to kill RSS and it's now pretty much infested with AI and pushing AI features.

So I'm looking for free rss reader reccs, preferably via Browser

I don't want any AI or LLM features.

What’s a good RSS reader: one that uses a good browser for web access, doesn’t track me or ask for all my info, and isn’t otherwise enshittified? I don’t even need to use it for reading (yet?) per se but am putting RSS links on my website and want to see how it looks from a reader.

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#RSS :rss: って、配信側は極論 #RSS #Feed ファイルを特定の URL に置いておいて、それを更新すればいいだけだし、受信側は #RSSReader #FeedReader みたいなアプリやサービスがあれば、それだけで継続的な情報のサブスクリプションが可能っていう面が、ゲートキーパー的なビジネスから見ると結構邪魔な存在なのかもなぁ :tony_neutral:

#Google も当初は #GoogleReader ツールの提供を通して、ユーザーの #RSS 利用に存在感を維持しながら可能性を模索してたのかもしれないけど、あるときから #RSS の扱いがどんどん小さくなって、最終的には「なるべくユーザーに :rss を意識させない方向になっていった感がある。

その「あるとき」はブログ文化が #Twitter とか #SNS サービスに移っていった時期とも重なってる気がするから、ユーザー側でも #RSS 離れみたいなものはあったとは思うので #Google#RSS を殺した、というのはさすがに言いすぎな気もする。

#RSS から #SNS へユーザーの興味が移行していった当時、だれかのただの「つぶやき」みたいな投稿ももちろん多かったけど、特定のページの URL とともに「一言を添えたリンク紹介」みたいな投稿も多くて、テレビや Web 上のネタなどに反応する「にぎやかな観客席」みたいな感じだった。(みんなで「バルス」ツイートするとかまさにそういう感じ)

そういう雑多で賑やかな観客席に耳(目)を傾けて、気になった情報を自分なりにピックアップするほうが #RSS #Feed リーダーで情報を総当たりで消費していくよりも気軽だったのも、ユーザー(自分)が当時 #RSS を使わなくなっていた理由だった気がする。

その頃は「 #SNS に囲い込まれる」なんてことは思いも寄らなかったけど、最近は #X が外部リンクを伴う投稿の露出を減らしていたりする話(イーロン・マスクが最近言及したというだけで今に始まったことではないっぽいが)とか見ていると、いまはもう #SNS は観客席ではなくひとつ舞台になっていて #SNS 側も従来の記事的な情報をコンテンツとして欲するようになり、インプレッションやモデレーションを盾にユーザーにそれを要求している雰囲気を感じる。

そうなると、ユーザー(というか自分)が #RSS :rss: から離れていった当時とは、 #SNS という呼ばれているものがすでに変容していて、だからこそまた今 #RSS 使うようになっているんだと思う。

I've started a blog recently and I'm thinking it's probably worth having a page that explains what RSS is to help people get started.

Ideally I'd like to link to good resources where I can - are there any good pages out there that would be ideal for helping someone select their first RSS reader? Should ideally include free/FOSS options since I don't want to only point them to subscription services.

The tyranny of the algorithm. The one last site that I couldn't tear myself away from but had one was YouTube. I recently learned YouTube channels have RSS feeds. I am finally free. There is no algorithm on my social media now. And let me tell you, I am unbothered, moisturized, happy, in my lane, focused, flourishing.
(You all are great here on Mastodon by the way.)
#socialmedia #indieweb #rss #atom #rssreader #youtube #algorithm #internet #smallinternet #fediverse #mastodon #mentalhealth

Pleasantly surprised that #FreshRSS has a share to Mastodon & #Lemmy option in its RSS share settings.

You name your share button and put in your instance URL.

In this example, I named the button Mastodon and since I am on Oldfriends.live, I used the URL oldfriends.live

FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS and Atom feed aggregator/reader.

It's lightweight, highly configurable & has many options, extensions & features.

#RSS #RSSReader #Feeds

freshrss.org/index.html

I've dreamed of getting my kid started with #RSS feeds as soon as he could read for pleasure and knowledge, and I'd like to be able to manage his feeds and still supervise and guide his reading.

I wonder if there's an existing #RSSreader that allows parents and kids to have a private space to share and discuss feeds, where parents can take on the complexity of managing feeds so kids can simply read?

Alternately, is there a way to hack an existing reader to do what I describe above?