RSS isn’t perfect and can be fairly technical but the majority of the issues with it can be mitigated with tooling.
Regular people can use RSS; Podcasts have proven this. One thing feeds don’t have is an ITunes style directory.
I run Pine.blog, a Twitter-like, easy to use Feed Reader for iOS and the web that’s trying do do exactly these things: make Feeds easy to consume and discover so the open web can flourish.
Pine.blog has a free feed directory that helps users discover new sites and feeds to follow. The directory is human curated and moderated and it has an API for other developers to use for free (as well as a paid version for commercial applications).
Feedback always welcome!
Feed Reader https://pine.blog
Feed Directory https://pine.blog/search