<![CDATA[It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done".]]>It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done".

The protocol is finished. It works well. It's stable and unremarkable as opposed to trendy.

And to capitalists, that's "dead".

Nothing to hype, no wealth to extract.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/63ad58ab-b402-4448-82eb-44ce2986bc06/it-s-less-that-atom-rss-is-dead-and-more-that-its-done-.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 06:41:16 GMTTue, 05 May 2026 11:48:42 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done". on Tue, 05 May 2026 15:24:32 GMT]]>@socketwench @jaggi And the Glass UI is, for lack of a better term... YUCK.

I know it wasn't perfect either, but at least Aqua was visually pleasing and worked very well for what it was. For that I'd much rather stick to the older macOS versions if I needed a Mac for anything.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/lambdacalculus/statuses/116522658868324869https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/lambdacalculus/statuses/116522658868324869Tue, 05 May 2026 15:24:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done". on Tue, 05 May 2026 15:02:23 GMT]]>@avatastic @socketwench they already did. if i remember right, there were ads in reader and feedburner.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/saiki/statuses/116522571750254855https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/saiki/statuses/116522571750254855Tue, 05 May 2026 15:02:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done". on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:56:05 GMT]]>@socketwench We need more โ€žboringโ€œ tech in our life. Stuff that just works. Where we figured out a good solution to a requirement and can carry on. Like loo rolls and plumbing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/nblr/statuses/116522546983543320https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/nblr/statuses/116522546983543320Tue, 05 May 2026 14:56:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done". on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:45:52 GMT]]>@socketwench@masto.hackers.town

RSS was beautiful 25 years ago and is still beautiful today.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sosial.link/notes/alwb1wjcbrhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sosial.link/notes/alwb1wjcbrTue, 05 May 2026 14:45:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done". on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:40:33 GMT]]>@Squirrel_767 @socketwench I use Capy Reader. I like it a lot. ๐Ÿ™‚

Link Preview Image
Capy Reader | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

A smallish RSS reader

favicon

(f-droid.org)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/ann3nova/statuses/116522485890902488https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/ann3nova/statuses/116522485890902488Tue, 05 May 2026 14:40:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done". on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:39:16 GMT]]>@ann3nova @socketwench Which app do you use on phone. I use Neo Feed but most of the time it freezes or has some other bugs

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/Squirrel_767/statuses/116522480847671521https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/Squirrel_767/statuses/116522480847671521Tue, 05 May 2026 14:39:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done". on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:35:55 GMT]]>@socketwench I read someone's criticism of atom/RSS was "but I can't do analytics on my viewers!"

like, yeah

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/phaedr0s/statuses/116522467707297602https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/phaedr0s/statuses/116522467707297602Tue, 05 May 2026 14:35:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done". on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:34:41 GMT]]>@socketwench The great insight I got from reading Cory Doctorow is that companies are not interesting in providing a stable revenue-generating service. They are interested in growth. Which means anything that simply works well is of no use to them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/mike/statuses/116522462860375096https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/mike/statuses/116522462860375096Tue, 05 May 2026 14:34:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done". on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:28:01 GMT]]>@socketwench Awwww, the poor widdle capitalists! Let me play a sad song on my tiny violin for them!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/lambdacalculus/statuses/116522436606372693https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/lambdacalculus/statuses/116522436606372693Tue, 05 May 2026 14:28:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done". on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:16:30 GMT]]>@socketwench It's the bedrock of so much of the remaining "good" internet. I use it every day.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/BustaMarx/statuses/116522391328084281https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/BustaMarx/statuses/116522391328084281Tue, 05 May 2026 14:16:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done". on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:05:54 GMT]]>@socketwench There's a lot to be said for something that is simply "Feature Complete."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/cyberpunklibrarian/statuses/116522349685111981https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/cyberpunklibrarian/statuses/116522349685111981Tue, 05 May 2026 14:05:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done". on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:05:38 GMT]]>@jaggi And this is how we got the glass UI in macOS.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/socketwench/statuses/116522348623222233https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/socketwench/statuses/116522348623222233Tue, 05 May 2026 14:05:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done". on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:04:24 GMT]]>@socketwench@masto.hackers.town we need to produce new things and deprecate the old right away, and then pay people to fix the new thing and make it behave like the old one, thats how you created value !

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://transfem.social/notes/alw9kkpbsw3d098ohttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://transfem.social/notes/alw9kkpbsw3d098oTue, 05 May 2026 14:04:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done". on Tue, 05 May 2026 13:42:58 GMT]]>@socketwench it's infrastructure, so it's exploitable until it breaks or is no longer what society needs or uses. Like an old bridge.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hcommons.social/users/aka_quant_noir/statuses/116522259465135402https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hcommons.social/users/aka_quant_noir/statuses/116522259465135402Tue, 05 May 2026 13:42:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done". on Tue, 05 May 2026 12:58:42 GMT]]>@socketwench Once Google works out how to inject ads into a RSS feed they'll bring back Reader.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://avatastic.uk/users/avatastic/statuses/116522085445022392https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://avatastic.uk/users/avatastic/statuses/116522085445022392Tue, 05 May 2026 12:58:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's less that atom/RSS is "dead", and more that its "done". on Tue, 05 May 2026 12:54:46 GMT]]>@socketwench Biiiig fan. Still use it to this day. ๐Ÿ™‚

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/ann3nova/statuses/116522069956991077https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/ann3nova/statuses/116522069956991077Tue, 05 May 2026 12:54:46 GMT