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Will Reddit Kill RSS Feeds (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by curt@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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I just set up all the subreddits I still want to following in Reeder, an RSS app. I'm able scroll through the posts ad free. It the occurred to me that this is a loss of revenue to Reddit. Could RSS be the new target for onerous fees?

It could be the case that RSS usage is small compared to 3rd party apps like Apollo so not of much concern. It also may be the case that it isn't possible for Reddit to charge for the usage. If they can't charge, they may just disable RSS altogether. I'm only guessing. I'll take off my tinfoil hat now.

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[–] noodle@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Is it really a loss in revenue if you used a 3rd party app previously?

If you want to bypass Reddit, why not just set up RSS for the things you get from Reddit instead? Most news sites have RSS. You could almost certainly find a feed for most of the stuff posted to Reddit.

[–] Salastil@pleroma.salastil.com 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Most sites do not have RSS feeds now. I have to employ a lot of tricks to get RSS feeds for some sites I want.

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