Netnewswire is an RSS reader for macOS and iOS devices. You know podcasts? Like that, but for reading.
RSS readers have been around for a long time, long before social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. They allow you to follow updates on your favourites sites, which could also include the personal sites of people you know. Twitter used to have RSS feeds, Facebook never did (AFAIR), but Mastodon sites (and other Fediverse services) do.
This blog has an RSS feed. You can follow my interesting posts there. Chances are, if you’re reading this, you already know all this.
Anyway, Netnewswire has a “Reader View” that will load entire posts in the reader, which is very useful if a site only shares extracts of their articles. Sometimes it doesn’t load the entire article, so you’ll need to visit the site anyway. It’s a convenient way to read without leaving the app when it works.
Oher RSS readers include the WordPress.com Reader, Feedly and many more. Wired has an overview of some, as does Zapier.
RSS won’t replace social media, it’s just another way to read the news.
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