[nordsieck]

> Have you used any modern RSS reader recently like inoreader, they load the content of the page without visiting the publishing website.

I'm happy with newsboat[1]; but I'm not surprised that people have integrated scraping into RSS readers.

Fundamentally, that's not a problem with RSS, that's a war between scrapers and content providers. If the email newsletter model persists long enough, I'd expect that people will come out with "newsletter readers" that scrape websites too.

I'm not sure there's a good long-term solution to the problem. Aside from constant vigilance (obfuscation).

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1. https://newsboat.org/

[yetanother-1]

Sure, you can obfuscate all you want. But my point still stands valid.

Earning a living from ads for these types of people.is not sustainable. They will have adblocker installed, so you are also wasting respurces with no income.

RSS or newsletter or whatever scrapper, it's there today already.

[tourmalinetaco]

Actually, “newsletter readers” exist in a form already with email-to-RSS.

https://kill-the-newsletter.com/

[crushingk]

Newsboat FTW