Gregory's Server@ben I agree with you that RSS feed support would be very welcome.
That said, let's say you're talking to someone at a major news outlet. They raise a point about tracking engagement. They raise another point about revenue incentives. They raise another point about syndication control, their archive model, and the disruption to their business model.
I've heard all of these at various times from various stakeholders. It's case by case, obviously, but hard to provide answers for everything
@asuh Yep. I've had those conversations too, some of them very recently.
But, of course, one could easily have them about the web itself, too. There's nothing to stop people from *also* having newsletters, etc. And it's perfectly possible to have analytics on a feed.
A full-text feed does contradict paywall models, but then, a summary feed could even be an incentive to sign up.