Molly White has a good article about RSS at Citation Needed. I've never stopped using RSS, and am happy to see it having a bit of a renaissance. She writes:
Using RSS is a way to regain control over the information you read online. Instead of letting platforms like Twitter or TikTok control what you see based on engagement metrics meant to prolong your time on the platform and subject you to endless ads, you can subscribe only to the sources and writers you want to read. Unlike enshittified social networks, your RSS feed will give you exactly what you signed up to read — no promoted posts, no algorithmic deboosting for posts that dare to link to articles, no ragebait from people you don’t follow.
Indeed. If you're on Apple platforms, I recommend NetNewsWire.
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