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23.02.2025
RSS Revival

So I've been using RSS a lot again recently. With the fragmentation of social media I suspect Really Simple Syndication is making a giant comeback (I've noticed a lot of websites providing an RSS link again as it really is the best way to consume the news and subjects that interest you).

Of course, social media was never going to be the long term answer. What started out as a convenient way for most people to centralise who and what they followed, the use of algorithms and advertising sounded its inevitable death knell as users discovered that there was very little left remaining in their feeds other than targeted advertising and suggested interests.

Re-enter RSS.

The best reader, in my opinion (well, for Android anyway) is 'Feeder' by the developer Space Cowboy (if you're sensible and use F-Droid and/or GitHub) and under NoNonsenseApps (if you're an idiot and still use the Google Play Store).

'Feeder' is completely free and open source, regardless of where you choose to download it from, and is continuously going through version updates that tweak and refine the user experience with new features and minor bug fixes.

I am still looking for a suitable desktop reader, however, as I want to be able to sync the read status of articles the same way I sync my podcast listening status using the Nextcloud Gpoddersync between 'AntennaPod' and 'Kasts' (so if any of you have a suggestion of what to use on the desktop alongside 'Feeder' on my phone, please get in touch and let me know).

Anyway, with all that being said, I decided to reintroduce RSS to this website, so if you want updates on new content appearing in Terminals 1 and 2, scroll to the bottom of the page, click on the orange icon and import the URL into your preferred reader.

Sometimes, however, it's not easy to tell if one of your favourite websites supports RSS, so to solve that problem I suggest installing the Firefox extension 'Awesome RSS' which puts an RSS/Atom subscribe button back in the URL bar.

Welcome back to a more distraction free internet!