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Archive for March 16th, 2026

RSS dulls the pain of the modern web • The Register

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/16

Apparently people are fed up enough that finally El Reg published an article like [Wayback/Archive] RSS dulls the pain of the modern web • The Register.

So I wrote this [Wayback/Archive] Post by @wiert.bsky.social — Bluesky

I have been consuming the majority of web content through RSS for at least 15 plus years now, and The Register explains exactly why:

the web has become unbearable to consume. Not just because of ads and their risks, but especially because every web site has a different user experience.

Before 2013, I used Google Reader, but Google has the habit of killing products, so now I use Feedly.

These are some prior blog posts I wrote on them:

  1. Google Reader stops at 2013-07-01: How can I download my Reader data? (via: Reader Help)
  2. Google Reader alternatives: did you make a choice yet?
  3. A few notes on Google Reader replacements that I’m testing
  4. Is there a Google Reader replacement that keeps ALL Google Reader history?
  5. knowledge worker tip: adding a Google Group to #Feedly using one of its RSS feeds

El Reg linked newer posts by others:

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