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		solatic on Dec 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The correct amount of ads is zero How does a paywalled full-text RSS feed even work? Yeah, I get it, RSS itself can work with auth tokens. But I use a service like Feedly to maintain my RSS subscriptions, and managed RSS services will cache the response to a single RSS feed for multiple subscribers. The Verge trusts Feedly to not abuse the paywall mechanism? I mean, I definitely like full-text RSS when it's available, but even summary-only RSS is good enough for me. 99% of the value is in not needing to go to a bajillion sites manually to see what's new, and avoiding the eye-grabbing behavior of these sites when doing so.

eviks on Dec 6, 2024 | [–]

You'll likely have unique feeds, so your cache won't be shared with others

account42 on Dec 6, 2024 | [–]

> The Verge trusts Feedly to not abuse the paywall mechanism?

Yes, just like they trust your browser not to share the paid content with others.

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