Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021) • Hacker News Board

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Post by Blikkentrekker » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 12:51 PM UTC

blep_ wrote: post #191

Blikkentrekker wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed; it doesn't feel as though it be in the interest of the website which is why support is dropping. Youtube wants people to subscribe, which I don't do, I simply add the RSS feed of channels I want to be updated about which is probably not what either Youtube or those channels want given how much they are begging me to subscribe all the time.

That's still a subscription, it's just not attached to a YouTube account. Not my fault if someone generates statistics based on redefining words to suit their business model.

You'll notice I'll never spoke of “fault”. I spoke of what is in Youtube's interest.

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Post by dont__panic » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 5:58 PM UTC

dont__panic wrote: post #107

cxr wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand your remark about "Javascript in my blog posts" or how it relates to CORS. In theory, it should be trivial to make simple, truly "serverless", web-based feed readers like AirSS[1][2]. In practice, many people are prevented from doing this, because the feeds they're interested in are hosted on servers that don't support CORS, which leads to really annoying workarounds (like needing to use a proxy or…

Makes sense. I should disable CORS on my blog, then! I normally use a dedicated feed reader, rather than a browser, but it makes sense to accommodate both use cases.

EDIT: I mean enable, not disable.

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Post by blep_ » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 6:25 PM UTC

Blikkentrekker wrote: post #201

blep_ wrote: post #191

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's still a subscription, it's just not attached to a YouTube account. Not my fault if someone generates statistics based on redefining words to suit their business model.

You'll notice I'll never spoke of “fault”. I spoke of what is in Youtube's interest.

I'm not disagreeing; "not my fault" was intended to be read more flippantly. "Not my problem" may have been better.

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Post by emsign » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 5:45 AM UTC

matai_kolila wrote: post #85

emsign wrote: post #72

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What happened to me? All the big social media sites send me to an information prison. It makes using the internet not fun anymore if you can't break out of your information bubble to get a different perspective! There's no "common knowledge" anymore and that development is fueled by people giving away their valuable data willy nilly. I just don't want that, I hate it actually and I think it's very dangerous tribalism…

I really don’t think this take survives first contact with incognito mode…

Incognito mode is a lie. You will see different results based on your IP. At best it's random, or rather some fallback information that is still curated by algorithms. Also who uses incognito mode? A common sense of what happens in the world a common baseline and understanding won't just magically appear when you turn on icognito mode. That's an even larger claim imho.

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Post by t0bia_s » Tue, Nov 08, 2022, 9:11 AM UTC

PlentyOfFish wrote: post #158

t0bia_s wrote: post #56

Agree, RSS is great tool for decentralization. However, I cannot find proper open-source RSS reader for Windows that fits in 2022. Any recommendations? I especially need customization for appearance of text/feed. Feeder for Android is great.

I've enjoyed Fluent Reader

Fluent Reader looks good, however none font/appearance customization.