• CALIGVLA@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    14 days ago

    The problem is finding a good local, desktop based RSS reader other than thunderbird or a damn server app, especially if you’re on Windows.

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      14 days ago

      Btw, what is a non-local RSS reader? I have come across multiple that RSS readers that advertise being “self-hosted” and I’m confused about that since in my mind RSS readers are simply clients that periodically query different servers for an .rss file, so I’m confused about where there is anything to host besides the host of the .rss feed.

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        13 days ago

        Cross device synchronization, battery optimization for mobile devices, faster update speeds, etc.

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        14 days ago

        The idea is to imitate the experience of something like Feedly, an RSS feed you can access from anywhere on any device, recommendations, all that… Which is overkill if all you want is just a simple program that queries for new posts every x hours.

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        13 days ago

        It’s what I’ve been using recently, but I really dislike how it’s a browser extension, that and how it can’t really handle audio files from my experience.

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      13 days ago

      Reeder on iOS and Mac is excellent. Not open source, but lovingly crafted by an indie dev.