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ghaff on Dec 7, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google management shuffle points to retreat from A...

Very few people using it seems the very definition of withering. Yes, a lot of sites and blog software etc. still default to offering RSS feeds. (Which I take advantage of from time to time and it's presumably used behind the scenes for various purposes.) But that's hardly a ringing endorsement of the role of RSS in today's world.

scarface74 on Dec 7, 2019 [–]

Why do you care if other people use it as long as it is available?

ghaff on Dec 7, 2019 | [–]

Because when things aren't used, organizations such as, say, Google tend to stop supporting them over time.

scarface74 on Dec 7, 2019 | | [–]

It’s been over a decade since Google abandoned reader. RSS is just a check box in most CMSs.

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