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How Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (openrss.org)

submitted 8 months ago by rottenwheel@monero.town to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] pixelscript@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

cough cough gmail

~~(I use gmail and need to stop)~~

[–] Midnight1938@reddthat.com 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What gmail do? Except the usual data tomfoolery

[–] pixelscript@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

The biggest and most obvious encroachment on standard email that Gmail does is opting for a tag system over a folder system. It is superior, but nonstandard. If you rely on this, it's Gmail vendor lock-in for you.