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		JohnFen on Jan 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rise and Demise of RSS > RSS declined because nobody wanted to put up content on 3rd party systems that didn't pay them. Probably 2/3 of the RSS feeds I use come directly from the content producers, not from third party systems.

lallysingh on Jan 15, 2019 [–]

I meant people's RSS readers as the 3rd party, vs the 1st party website hosted by the producer. Not the clearest way to say it, I admit.

JohnFen on Jan 15, 2019 | [–]

Ah, I understand. RSS is often used for things that aren't connected to a website at all, so I don't automatically make that connection.

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