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The reason why RSS didn't become popular was because content creators didn't know how to monetize them while still having to pay for hosting fees.
Social media built walled gardens that could drive traffic to certain content creators if it was in the social media company's best interest. Content creators moved to social media since the carrot was too much to resist.