RSS never tracked you

@Daojoan one of my sayings of late is

"We used to make our own web pages...!"

@Daojoan no tracking on RSS? You wish!

Aside from obvious tracking pixels there are somewhat smart ways: When hitting the subscribe URL do a 301 "Moved Permanently" redirect to a feed URL containing a custom ID, a "good" feed reader will then store that URL and then all links and media references can contain the ID to track. This won't track when exactly you read the feed content, but will track when embedded d images are loaded (smart people block that) or click on a link (to full article?)

@marcelo_vinagres

@Daojoan
It was respectful. That is what we traded.

@Daojoan

Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I wonder — when will we see a new kind of Internet?

One where the citizens control the servers, free from GAFAM and global powers, built to ensure open sharing for society and our democracies — even if it's imperfect.

@lunareclipse@snug.moe @mitsunee@ieji.de @Daojoan@mastodon.social that matches what i remember, and would indeed be about 15 years ago

@Daojoan@mastodon.social we were clearly not using the same internet as each other.

@martinlentink @peteramthor @Daojoan
Usenet was my first love.
I started with a First Class client. Oh, suddenly got reminded of the period PowWow existed.

@Daojoan

… except for Google mail…

@Daojoan @dado I still use RSS, and you can pry it from my cold, dead, hands!

@Daojoan Email throttles you all the time.

@Daojoan well not exactly with email like they sometimes get held back for stupid reasons but otherwise i get you

@scottwhat @Daojoan Vivaldi is a major browser with built-in RSS. I really prefer a standalone RSS reader that is configurable. (On Linux) But If you consider the only major browsers Chrome or Mozilla, then you are out if luck. I depend heavily on RSS and will as long as it's an option.

@wpeckham @Daojoan Interesting, thanks! I'm currently using Feeder for RSS, and I will also use RSS as long as it's an option!

@sorenladegaard @Daojoan

https://abemassry.com/rss

https://www.ireadthisweek.com/author/ireadthisweek/rss

I built this whole blogging engine based on a return to the simpler web. No javascript, RSS feeds with every blog.

Then HN turned evil and the whole site didn’t go anywhere, the email stopped working, everything just fell apart, I couldn’t bring myself to pick the pieces back up

@Daojoan We are all exploited and supplicants in the age of techno-feudalism.

@Daojoan Today RSS is actually tracking you...

@Daojoan True. And this is what happened: https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths

@Daojoan You forgot one point : that old web never disapparead, it was just hidden below the "web 2" adds, but it exists, it works, and it's still better.

@Daojoan Oh, thanks I needed to check an RSS !