@thelinuxEXP Problem with RSS is companies don't make...

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@thelinuxEXP Problem with RSS is companies don't make their RSS feeds available. When things come up in my reader, it's just a headline, and then it opens a browser window anyway.

Google Alerts works much better, in my opinion, as I don't have to go out looking for feeds from specific websites, it just sends me anything new regarding the topic straight into my inbox every day.

Also there's no mobile/desktop synchronization.

Like 9 May 2023 at 16:12 | Wall-to-wall | Open on fosstodon.org

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Nick @ The Linux Experiment

@AudraTran It’s not the same purpose, I think, Google Alerts will create a lot of noise compared to picking the websites you want to read.

I personally don’t care about having just the titles, I’ll read most things in a browser anyway, the titles are just here to let me decide if I’m interested or not :)

9 May 2023 at 16:14 | Open on mastodon.social

AudraTran :debian:

@thelinuxEXP Eh. What some consider "noise" others consider "diverse sources". It's a curated feed vs. diverse feed. I don't get any spam or anything.

9 May 2023 at 16:16 | Open on fosstodon.org

Emily

@AudraTran @thelinuxEXP this is why I love Feeder. By default it extracts the article content from HTML, and displays it in a native TextView. It's similar to firefox reader view.

9 May 2023 at 16:27 | Open on mastodon.social