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Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

#81

Post by gsky » Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 12:58 PM UTC

The real crime is using Google tools/libraries

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

#82

Post by catchnear4321 » Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 12:59 PM UTC

belter wrote: post #41

rollcat wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder what's going on in the head of a person that decides to axe RSS support. "Surely my user base will continue coming to the landing page of my website to check for updates every day."

They thought RSS stood for 'Really Stop Sending'

redundant site serving

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

#83

Post by PaulHoule » Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 12:59 PM UTC

throwuxiytayq wrote: post #5

It's too much work and effort to maintain such complicated legacy technology for the incredibly busy brain of a Google engineer.

“We are actively working on a solution…”

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

#84

Post by Nekorosu » Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 1:00 PM UTC

Google's fight against open technologies continues.

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

#85

Post by einpoklum » Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 1:01 PM UTC

Akashic101 wrote: post #50

DeathArrow wrote: post #14

Why don't we use Edge, Firefox, Brave, Opera and so on?

Only one of those browsers you listed does not use Chromium

I did not realize it was that bad. Opera too? Maybe resistance _is_ futile? :-(

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

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Post by squarefoot » Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 1:02 PM UTC

Let me guess... so users are forced to load a web page which will show them ads that couldn't fit into RSS records?

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

#87

Post by einpoklum » Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 1:02 PM UTC

InCityDreams wrote: post #74

'Google has stopped...', or 'Google no longer...', 'Google have removed'. As I can no longer watch yt without getting annoyed, looks like it's time to get a new email provider (as well) . @ yahoo seem to have few(er?) problems. There are probably others. Can anyone recommend a good search engine?

> As I can no longer watch yt without getting annoyed

uBlock Origin + EFF Privacy Badger should take care of it. I've never seen any ads on YouTube (except the ones the stream includes inherently).

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

#88

Post by marginalia_nu » Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 1:02 PM UTC

Euphorbium wrote: post #76

marginalia_nu wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand why that matters? If 3 other people or a billion other people are using a RSS reading service, surely my own experience is the same.

Google reader had social features, shares and comments.

Ah, now that actually makes sense!

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

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Post by ekianjo » Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 1:02 PM UTC

PaulHoule wrote: post #83

throwuxiytayq wrote: post #5

It's too much work and effort to maintain such complicated legacy technology for the incredibly busy brain of a Google engineer.

“We are actively working on a solution…”

it takes passively less than 30 mins to make a RSS feed generator...

Re: We don't have official RSS feed support for now, but we're working on a solution

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Post by DrBazza » Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 1:03 PM UTC

rollcat wrote: post #25

throwuxiytayq wrote: post #5

It's too much work and effort to maintain such complicated legacy technology for the incredibly busy brain of a Google engineer.

I wonder what's going on in the head of a person that decides to axe RSS support. "Surely my user base will continue coming to the landing page of my website to check for updates every day."

Depending on the content of the RSS they were publishing it was either an exceprt or abstract of the article, or the whole article itself.

If it was the latter, it's almost certainly a cynical drive to get more 'page impressions' by making people visit the actual website to read the blog posts.