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Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

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Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

#42

I just don’t understand the obsession with privacy at all cost. What has anyone actually had happen to them as a result of their Reddit or YouTube browsing history? This just seems like reverse voyeurism, and while that’s fine, it’s odd to assume anyone else shares that fetish with you.

For me, the turning point was when I understood that my fairly inoccuous data like browsing history or post likes can be used to infer information that I would not share publicly.

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

#43

Feeder is a great GPL RSS reader for Android. Save you some time fumbling through the Google Play cess pool. Not affiliated just a happy user. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.nononsenseapps.feeder/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nononsense...

For iOS I really like Reeder

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

#44

Feeder is a great GPL RSS reader for Android. Save you some time fumbling through the Google Play cess pool. Not affiliated just a happy user. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.nononsenseapps.feeder/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nononsense...

For iOS folks, I can't recommend NetNewsWire more. I pair NNW on my phone and laptop with Fresh.RSS running on my raspberry pi for most of my news and blog feeds these days.

HN nerds might remember that NNW is very fast, even by native macOS standards: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23286362

If you're feeling fatigued by algorithmic nonsense these days, you should seriously give RSS a try.

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

#45

I'm kind of a JSON maximalist because I find it really simple and haven't put too much thought into it. I'd also like to shout out https://www.jsonfeed.org/ https://jsonresume.org/ https://tomcritchlow.com/2020/04/15/library-json/ https://geojson.org/ It'd be pretty cool to have an ecosystem where you could ``` $ packagemanger init my-site password $ hostOfChoice deploy ``` Go to the url, auth yourself, then have a l…

I don't get why anybody would want a json feed. RSS/Atom are already simple to the point of being trivial, so why introduce more standards?

For me personally, two reasons

1. I find it easier to work with JSON using javascript

2. The stupid reason, I find it more aesthetically pleasing

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

#47

I've been self hosting TT-RSS since Newsblut raised prices some years ago (which was what I switched to when Google Reader closed). My list simply grew over time. Whenever I see an interesting article (doesn't matter where, here, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook) I check if the others are interesting, and if so, I subscribe. Almost everything worth reading has a feed.

Another happy TT-RSS user here. I moved after the Google Reader debacle.

Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

#48

I just don’t understand the obsession with privacy at all cost. What has anyone actually had happen to them as a result of their Reddit or YouTube browsing history? This just seems like reverse voyeurism, and while that’s fine, it’s odd to assume anyone else shares that fetish with you.

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Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)

#50

Feeder is a great GPL RSS reader for Android. Save you some time fumbling through the Google Play cess pool. Not affiliated just a happy user. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.nononsenseapps.feeder/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nononsense...

If you're inclined to self-host (or can just run a Docker-compose anywhere on your network), MiniFlux is amazing.
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