I use it for news aggregation with Nextcloud news. Also for podcasts and PeerTube channels. Anyone using RSS for other things?

  • slaecker@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 years ago

    I self-host FreshRSS and use it for:

    • Blogs
    • News-Sites
    • Piped (YouTube) channels
    • GitHub releases
  • apoisel@discuss.tchncs.de
    5·
    2 years ago

    I use RSS to watch YouTube videos. I collect the ULRs of the videos I want to watch in a text file using my feed reader (Newsboat). In the evening a script transfers the file to my TV computer and fetches the videos with yt-dlp.

    To play the videos I use another script, which plays and then trashes the video files in a loop.

    Pros: no ads, no buffering videos during playback, plays videos without interaction (like TV), can collect video URLs over day, don’t have to bother with YouTube’s user interface, cookies etc.

      • apoisel@discuss.tchncs.de
        3·
        2 years ago

        I just wrote down simplified versions of my scripts. Then I clicked the wrong button to exit the markdown preview and now it’s all gone. I’ll have to drink a beer now, sorry. If you have any specific questions, I’ll answer them gladly.

  • flatbield@beehaw.org
    3·
    2 years ago

    Yes. I use it on my phone. I use AntennaPod for pod casts, and Flym for textual news feeds. Antenna pod in particular is really nice. I finding having this sort of content on a mobile device best.

  • McSinyx@slrpnk.net
    3·
    2 years ago

    I subscribe to:

    • Blogs I find interesting
    • Blogs of personal friends
    • Projects’ blogs and announcements
    • Changes to codebase I need to closely monitor (e.g. things I host)
    • Videos, mostly on YouTube, but also my PeerTube feed
    • Web comics
  • BigTechBlows@lemmy.one
    2·
    2 years ago

    Nothing unusual with my feed - news, tech, science, environment. What I may do differently is I set up a filter on Mastodon so any of my feeds are only seen in rss. I really don’t need to see a Wired article 6 times.

  • Nilesse@beehaw.org
    2·
    2 years ago

    I use it for recipes! I use the iOS app Mela for recipe storage and it has a built-in RSS feed system to follow recipe blogs so you can easily add new recipes to your collection without having to visit all the sites separately.

  • Lionir [he/him]@beehaw.org
    2·
    2 years ago

    I use RSS through Readwise Reader though I’ve used Newsblur in the past. I really wish Newsblur was redesigned to get a more modern interface…

    I follow press releases from software and orgs I like, follow local newspapers, follow personal blogs and Youtube channels. I also use Reddit RSS.

  • yopyop@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    2 years ago

    My use is not foss because I didn’t find something that fits my needs better than Inoreader. There is the android app which works fine and also a very nice web interface that I can use at work because without thumbnails it looks like a ‘boring’ list of stuff.

    • macgregor@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      Never used Inoreader, but recently switched to Newsblur which is open source (app installable via F-Droid) and selfhostable. If you don’t want to self host they have a freemium model to use their hosted service, couldn’t tell you what free vs paid gets you but I haven’t bumped into any limits yet. You can also log in to their site to browse via web browser.

      So far the app looks better than other open source readers I’ve tried and thumbnails generally load so the lists are a bit livelier.

  • proycon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I use newsboat for all my RSS needs, which is pretty much my main entry point for a lot of things:

    • News sites
    • Various blogs
    • Youtube channels (I unsubscribed from everything on my YouTube account, hardly ever login, and only use RSS to follow the channels I want)
    • Podcasts
    • I used to have some subreddits in there too, but those were ritually deleted after June 12th of course
    • fitgse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Youtube channels (I unsubscribed from everything on my YouTube account, hardly ever login, and only use RSS to follow the channels I want)

      This is the way to do it. I can’t stand youtube’s interface and its recommendations, auto play, and other anti-features frustrate me. I find that on youtube, when I go look at a channel, I often can’t figure out which video is the most recent, and really struggle to see figure out what I’ve watched and what I haven’t.

      Using RSS let’s me see when there is a new video posted just from the channels I am interested in. I don’t have to go hunting. FreshRSS will watch it through youtube-nocookie.com, but I often find using yt-dlp is better experience, especially for anything longer than 5 minutes.

  • fouc@lemm.ee
    2·
    2 years ago

    I’ve been using RSS since before Google Reader was a thing. It’s a fantastic way to monitor new papers in journals as almost all journals have been providing a feed since forever. I could go with a self-hosted option but I just ended up using Inoreader although I will probably migrate again. They used to have some entry level plans at some $20/yr but it looks like they are on their way out.