• Faresh@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    Btw, what is a non-local RSS reader? I have come across multiple that RSS readers that advertise being “self-hosted” and I’m confused about that since in my mind RSS readers are simply clients that periodically query different servers for an .rss file, so I’m confused about where there is anything to host besides the host of the .rss feed.

    • CALIGVLA@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      The idea is to imitate the experience of something like Feedly, an RSS feed you can access from anywhere on any device, recommendations, all that… Which is overkill if all you want is just a simple program that queries for new posts every x hours.

    • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      It’s just a web based client instead of a desktop one. And it can usually output its own RSS feed that contains your other feeds so you can hook any RSS desktop client on any device to it.