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Ask HN: Do you still use an RSS reader?

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Re: Ask HN: Do you still use an RSS reader?

#42

I use Bazqux, which is absolutely superb: * Rock-solid, I haven't seen an outage * Impressively fast (Reeder updates from it much faster than it ever did with Google Reader: I can get all my feeds in one Tube stop's worth of wifi) * Has good features like filtering (goodbye "latest podcast" spam) and highlighting (only see certain posts from high-volume feeds * Great keyboard UI on the web. Can't recommend it enough.…

I also use Bazqux, and endorse every point bonaldi made. It also works pretty smoothly on iOS with Feeddler.

Despite shifting a lot of article tracking to Twitter, I still find RSS to be a better way to track and consume long form content. Also, the signal to noise ratio of the average RSS feed is much better than that of the average Twitter feed for people whose article's I'd like to read.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use an RSS reader?

#45
I've bounced between Newsblur & Feedly, but keep sticking with Feedly because of their Android app.

My biggest psychological point that I've learned of myself is I find myself skeptical & leery of long-term using Feedly because they won't take my money. My gut is telling me "I want a RSS Reader with a business model so I know its worth my time investment", although my brain knows that a subscription models ensures viability with the same guarantees as ad models.

Re: Ask HN: Do you still use an RSS reader?

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I've bounced between Newsblur & Feedly, but keep sticking with Feedly because of their Android app. My biggest psychological point that I've learned of myself is I find myself skeptical & leery of long-term using Feedly because they won't take my money. My gut is telling me "I want a RSS Reader with a business model so I know its worth my time investment", although my brain knows that a subscription models ensures vi…

Not sure what you mean by won't take your money. Feedly offers a pro subscription.
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