It sounds simple on the surface. You copy a link on a site into a feed reader app. Then whenever that site updates you get a nice readable article on the app.

But that sounds like something that could be accomplished locally. Why does every RSS reader I run into require an account or otherwise rely on the cloud?

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    6 hours ago

    The rent seekers push web services because they don’t think they can sell you a client app.

    There are many nice completely free privacy respecting client apps for RSS on F-Droid.