(from Andrew Blackman’s blog, 7th May 2025)
‘When I mention RSS these days, I often get either a complete lack of recognition or a kind of amused astonishment, as if I’ve just suggested sending them a fax.
It’s true that big tech companies, notably Google, have killed many of the RSS readers and other technology that used to be common ten or more years ago. It’s true that social media basically took over from RSS as a way of getting updates. It’s true that nobody even tracks RSS usage any more, as far as I can see. I’ve done editing work for tech companies that don’t even bother creating RSS feeds for their blogs because they think nobody uses it. But that doesn’t mean RSS is dead.’
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