I am still new to privacy, please steer me. I see that many use RSS feeds to get their news. I was trying to use neuters as a front end to get my RSS feed started and cannot get it going.

Is a front-end even necessary for RSS feed? Does it help with tracking? Am I approaching my news aggregator the wrong way?

I tried searching RSS generator websites for neuters since I couldn’t just load the webpage into the app, but many are paid or require accounts. I have steered away from that at the moment. I just assumed every website could enroll in RSS…I was completely wrong.

I wanted to set up with NetNewsWire on ios.

I am willing to go an entire new direction with the collective knowledge from this community.

  • tlujOPEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Do you know if different rss readers are more privacy friendly than others? How did you decide?

    • Bigtechblows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯@techhub.social
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      2 years ago

      @tluj @cavemeat

      The most private rss readers is one that is installed on your device, doesn’t require an account, is open source and has no trackers. Feeder from F-Droid is a good example of this.

      The worse would be a website type that requires a paid account and only takes a credit card.

    • cavemeat@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Good question, I have absolutely no idea. I chose feedly based on a different thread here talking about good rss feeds for news, I didn’t put much thought into privacy.