In the 2000s and early 2010s, RSS was a much more recognizable technology.
Even social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook could turn an account’s posts into an RSS feed.
However, RSS feeds started falling out of fashion a few years later for a few different reasons.
Reeder for Mac connected to a Feedly account
More people started using social media platforms as a source for news and important updates.
You also don’t have to use a cloud-based solution at all.
Importantly, RSS is not controlled by any one company.
That’s a level of flexibility that is becoming rarer and rarer, outside of federated platforms like Mastodon.
