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

  • apoisel@discuss.tchncs.de
    10·
    1 year 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
        2·
        1 year 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.

  • slaecker@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 year ago

    I self-host FreshRSS and use it for:

    • Blogs
    • News-Sites
    • Piped (YouTube) channels
    • GitHub releases
  • McSinyx@slrpnk.net
    5·
    1 year 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
    3·
    1 year 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.

  • bet@lemm.ee
    3·
    1 year ago

    after Google shut down Reader, I took my OPML (list of subscriptions), and switched to a FOSS local RSS reader; import my OPML and carry on. I’ve switched software occasionally; right now I’m happy with Feeder (from f-droid).

    Getting my news is something I care about too much to entrust to someone’s server; I’m happy with it purely local.

  • proycon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year 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·
      1 year 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.

  • flatbield@beehaw.org
    2·
    1 year 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.

  • Nilesse@beehaw.org
    2·
    1 year 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·
    1 year ago

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