Social media is addictive. RSS is not. Social media is profitable so worth marketing. RSS is not.
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replySelfhosting friction has to be close to zero for that to work. And Termux is already way too much.
replywhat is termux ?
replyWay too much, obviously. It’s an Android app that exposes the underlying Android OS cli, and bolts on a Linux user space. Unsure why it’s relevant to this discussion
replyTermux lets you run on your phone things you'd normally need a Linux (apple) pc or a vps.
replyMaybe selfhost on an old phone? Just guessing what the OP meant.
There was a time when Twitter supported RSS, it lived at @your-username/rss
replyThen they stopped it, because "eNgaGeMEnT" or w/e
Yeah I keep yelling at Mum “Stop logging onto Twitter and develop and enhance RSS” but lately she’s stopped speaking to me.
replymacOS mail application used to receive RSS news feeds. It couldn't be simpler for your mom than that. She wouldn't even need to log onto twitter
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