Experiment, powered by RSS, to allow following of creators in Chrome

Is this the same as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27210819

So - they are finally reviving google reader as a built in part of Crome? Love it!

I'm glad they used the open standard instead of a new proprietary locked-in solution.

~20 years ago, some people had the same idea, but they also wanted the option of feedback, and to make it easier for individuals to quickly publish. Then ActivityPub was born and we have Diaspora, Mastodon, etc.

Chrome having the vast majority of the browser market, they can already see at least roughly, if not specifically, what you're doing. Clearly they want some way to tie that to an individual publisher so they know who to hit up for advertising sales.

So, RSS?

Firefox two years ago: “RSS is old and lame and too hard for us”