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Okay, it's time. Recommendations for an RSS reader?
Edit: platforms - I alternate between windows and android. Ideally something synced would be awesome.
Edit: I'll summarize recommendations in a few days. :)
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@mayintoronto If you're inclined to go the self-hosted route, Miniflux is really easy to run and maintain and the built in reader/web app is good enough for my needs. They also have a paid hosted version (which I also used and was good).
@shom I am afraid of the words "self-hosted".
@mayintoronto hahaha fair enough. I'm hoping to make some articles and videos to make "self-hosted" less scary so anyone interested in privacy and data sovereignty has a path forward without getting a system admin certification.
But @Stomata's suggestion of capyreader is a good one for Android, thanks Stomata!
@mayintoronto if you're fine with a web client and have budget for paid solutions, I like Miniflux, I pay to use it hosted by its principal author, 15 USD/20 CAD per year https://miniflux.app/hosting.html
(it's open-source and small-scale so low risk of lock-in or VC BS)
@jarek @mayintoronto I recommend paying for Miniflux as well.
@mayintoronto I’m a fan of Inoreader, works great as a basic RSS reader but also has quite a few advanced features if you’re so inclined.
Unlike a lot of browser-based options, it seems to be able to load the article contents inline without any issues for most sites.
@mayintoronto If you mean on an Android smartphone, I use Plenary. Interface is simple enough, import of feeds from a previous app, etc. I've used it for a few years now. Only complaint is that you need to get used to the fact that, if you click on an item to see it better, and then you click Back, it's gone from your feed. And it doesn't seem possible to disable the "view in internal browser" in favour of "go directly to your browser of choice", so there's an extra click sometimes. But it's solid and dependable.
@mayintoronto I don’t know on which platform you want but there’s @NetNewsWire
@mayintoronto OpenRSS have a list of readers categorized by features!
https://openrss.org/rss-feed-readers
i use NetNewsWire which mostly good but Apple only
@mayintoronto@beige.party we use nextcloud's news app, it works in browser and it's got a mobile app
@mayintoronto fresh RSS if you want to self host. Happy to give you an account On myserver if you want
@mayintoronto@beige.party FreshRSS! self hosted open source, you can read from the web UI or various clients. Capy Reader is an android client that works great for it! I don't know windows clients, but FreshRSS will sync read status and such
@mayintoronto #Feeder on #fdroid
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.nononsenseapps.feeder
I'm curious for what kind of content RSS-feeds are still working well.
@mayintoronto I've been using inoreader for a while now and have never had a problem with it - I use the basic version and it's fine for me.
@mayintoronto I've used Slack for several years. Every RSS source is its own private channel. Haven't found a better option.
@Avitus Slack as an RSS reader, huh. What an interesting idea.
@mayintoronto Yup. The setup is a bit laborious because you have to add the RSS app to every channel, but it's set and forget once done.
@mayintoronto Right inside the fediverse, there's @birb which turns #rss feeds into Mastodon accounts.
@mayintoronto I'm using Thunderbird. It's not earthshaking great, but it works well.