Like why is it so hard to just have a simple browser extension or desktop application that just pulls rss feeds and shows them? Why do they all have like some web site behind them and you need an account and shit? This seems like this should be super simple, but anything like what i want looks like it was discontinued years ago. Wtf?
Why is the world of RSS such a dumpster fire?
Mason Bennett
Ethan Hughes
They want you to have ads.
Charles Morris
qBittorrent RSS reader just works.
Christopher Mitchell
Works on my machine
Jack Gray
feedbro just works as well
rss readers don't need constant updates, there really isn't much to update
Logan Morales
>why is this thing that isn't?
it's not. what's the problem? rss is WAY better than going to a fucking dumb website. gives me exactly what i want and ONLY what i want
Leo Reed
They also haven't gotten any updates since 2010, the bitrot is setting in.
Juan Jackson
What I do is I use the Livemarks Firefox addon and then use the bookmarks sidebar to manage my feeds. It's very simple and works.
addons.mozilla.org
Christopher Baker
Dylan Lopez
>desktop application that just pulls rss feeds and shows them?
Huh, quiteRSS?
Carter Davis
QuiteRSS
RSSOwl
NewsBoat
Are all reliable and straightforward. Feeder is the way to go on Android. None of these require accounts or hosting a service.
Camden Ramirez
Ok, what reader do you use?
James Rodriguez
imagine getting filtered by RSS. FUCKING state of Any Forums.
faggot.
Juan Gomez
>Why do they all have like some web site behind them and you need an account and shit?
Bitch are you dumb, stupid, or dumb?
Colton Campbell
See:
Every single one of these works without accounts and other unnecessary bullshit.
Nathan Ortiz
I use Akregator. No nonsense, just a sleek, straightforward RSS reader experience.
Owen Sanders
READ YOUR OWN THREAD
Nathaniel Gonzalez
Quiterss crashes, probably from having too many rss feeds. What's worse is i try to categorize them and it will randomly crash midway through and all my categorization will be lost.
Rssowl doesn't even work on windows for me, it crashes on launch, I'm reading it's not maintained anymore either
Any other good desktop rss readers? Ideally I don't want to use a browser to manage them
Jaxson Gray
The latest RSSOwl fork should work fine on modern Windows: github.com
Just make sure you use the correct architecture and have Java installed. How many feeds do you have? I subscribe to around 80 and everything runs fine in QuiteRSS.
Samuel Wright
pah. i simply employ a small west asian boy to read me the newspaper while breaking my fast
Michael Turner
does he do the extra bit with the buggery and the biscuit? now that's a morning!
Liam Russell
there are dozens of client only readers on every platform
people like having an account/server to sync because a lot of them are orphans from google reader