By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/03/2026Like, there was once a time when an ever-increasing proportion of web users kept tabs on what was going on with RSS. 4/ 1250
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/03/2026RSS is a simple, powerful way for websites to publish "feeds" of their articles, and for readers to subscribe to those feeds and get notified when something new was posted, and even read that new material right there in your RSS reader tab or app. 5/ 4444
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/03/2026RSS is simple and versatile. It's the backbone of podcasts (though Apple and Spotify have done their best to kill it, along with public broadcasters like the BBC, all of whom want you to switch to proprietary apps that spy on you and control you). 6/ 1301
Katherine Argent @katherineargent.com · 08/03/2026Yeah, well, I love RSS and still prefer it as my means of keeping up with blogs and websites. 1111
Chris Rand @chrisrand.com · 08/03/2026I just used RSS this week to bring back to service an old iPad abandoned by Apple! chrisrand.com/writes/2026/...chrisrand.comUsing a very old iPad as a scrolling news displayThings to do with an old iPad! Not much works on old iPads any more, but Safari does, so here's how I got Ai to code something useful. 072
Blaine @blaine.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I think this narrative, while slightly true, is actively harmful. There are lots of things RSS doesn't do. There are a whole lot of people who have spent the past 20 years trying to address those shortcomings in various ways. 2182
