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@neil A follow button in the browser.

@aral, this. I think the bigger problem is not the name, but that you do not have a simple button in the browser anymore.

Also it sounds like "everyone" was using Google News, but not as many follow feeds now, IMHO because feed readers are now ever so slightly less convenient than "this got shoved in my face together with my 'free' email account and 'everyone' uses it".

So a bit more effort required to find feeds, a bit more to find readers, it adds up.

@neil

@hook @aral @neil So you need an extension that detects an RSS feed in the page and then shows a button which allows you to call an app to subscribe it (thunderbird, kasts, etc.)?

Aral Balkan

@gvlx @hook @neil Shouldn’t even need an extension or a separate app. This is how it used to be before browser vendors (read: surveillance capitalists) removed the functionality because it was contrary to their business models.

When farming people *isn’t* your business model, it makes perfect sense. e.g., see Vivaldi: vivaldi.com/features/feed-read

Vivaldi BrowserVivaldi Feed Reader - Read feeds from the sources you choose
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@aral, absolutely! Feed (and usenet) readers were an integral part of most web browsers of old. And it made sense!

@gvlx @neil