How do I use my new newsreader app to subscribe to a feed? So choose one you like the look of.Ĭhoose your app, and either sign up or download it.

It doesn’t matter which you choose as newsreaders make it fairly easy to export your list of subscriptions and move them to another app in the future.

The Old Reader – free/ad-supported up to 100 subscriptions.

Inoreader – free up to 150 subscriptions.

Feedly – free up to 100 subscriptions.

Here are four apps, in alphabetical order: Install an app on your phone or laptop, or use a newsreader app through a website. There are many different newsreader apps to choose from. A newsreader app feels a little like an email app, in that there is an inbox of all the latest content, or like Facebook in that there is a newsfeed from many different sources. To subscribe to feeds, you’ll need a newsreader app. Had enough? Just unsubscribe from the feed. You won’t miss content (unlike Facebook, there’s no algorithm deciding to drop content from your feed unless the author pays) and it’s spam-proof. When you subscribe to only one site, you might say “This doesn’t save me much time.” But when you end up subscribing to 10 or 20, you’ll find that your newsreader becomes your regular place for news and to hear the latest. Whenever you see a website with a feed, that means you can subscribe to that site. You’ll often see a link at the bottom of the page that says “RSS” or an orange icon similar to this: Tons of websites already have feeds, mostly news sites and blogs. (Your newsreader checks the feed automatically, every few hours.) RSS)Ī feed is also known as a “web feed” and the technical term (which you’ll see a lot) is “RSS feed.” A feed contains the latest content in a form that your newsreader app understands. You just need a special app called a newsreader. Had enough? Easy: unsubscribe from the feed. You get the latest content without having to visit lots of sites, and without cluttering up your inbox. You don’t need to pay or hand over your email address.

It’s like subscribing to a podcast, or following a company on Facebook. Use web feeds to subscribe to websites and get the latest content in one place.įeeds put you in control.

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