Working on an RSS reader (https://github.com/megaflorasoftware/serial), trying to see if there’s room for a FOSS RSS reader that’s a bit more fun and less brutalist than the other great but more technical user-minded options out there
As someone who's been working on an RSS reader for primarily YouTube content (https://serial.tube), it's 99% content quality and content duplication. I did hear of one specific person who does actually watch them, but that was specifically for artists who only post their progress updates over shorts.
The solution I came up with was being able to sort/filter on all content/just videos/just shorts on a per view (folder) basis, so you can opt into them but they are omitted by default. Curious what other people's approaches are
As someone who's been working on an RSS reader primarily for YouTube off and on for the last year or two (https://serial.tube), the feed vanishing has been the bane of my existence – so many moments of wondering "oh god what did I break now" only to realize it's YouTube yet again
(a little bit of self-promo but) If anyone is looking for an RSS reader that splits out shorts from videos automatically, I made my open source reader Serial in part for exactly this