Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
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Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
#42I 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.
Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
#43Feeder 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...
Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
#44Feeder 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...
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)
#45I'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?
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)
#46Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
#47I'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.
Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
#48I 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.
Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
#49I make heavy use of https://kill-the-newsletter.com/ to convert e-mail newsletters into RSS feeds -- IMO the RSS reader context is way better than an email inbox for consuming newslettery content.
Re: Use RSS for privacy and efficiency (2021)
#50Feeder 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...