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Not a user (yet) but just want to say I concur that email is the best medium for RSS feeds, so kudos.

I disagree, I use RSS so I don't need to clog up my email with feeds or sure updates, etc. I flat out refuse to sign up for mailing lists for the same reason. RSS is the perfect solution.

I probably should’ve qualified the “best medium” with something more specific. But I’ll submit two reasons why email is best for me and maybe some others:

- Email is the one thing that isn’t tied to any platform and ~always works, so it’s worth it to put in some effort into managing subscriptions / filters / labels / etc knowing that they will pay off indefinitely.

- It’s nice to consume content in the original format intended by the author, so I prefer receiving an article link in the email with a preview, and clicking through to read it. A dedicated reader invariably has problems rendering non-text content and doesn’t have all the features of a browser.

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