Suggestions for an iOS News app (or way) that doesn't track (much) data ?
Suggestions for an iOS News app (or way) that doesn't track (much) data ?
Hi there, I’m quite new to this digital hygiene thing. I try to avoid apps on my phone that tracks useless data for their initial purpose. How do you guys read news ? Would love a "respectful" app that doesn’t track too much data, but I’m open to any solution. Would like to browse international and french news.
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Does a RSS feed work for you?
I’ve been absolutely loving my FreshRSS and NetNewsWire set up. Even my local news is easily accessible in a feed for me, now.
Got my non-tech spouse on board, too. She’s been liking it.
I've never looked into RSS feeds, is it necessary to host your own? Can't he just use NetNewsWire and subscribe to a public RSS?
Hosting a server doesn't seem like a proper option for someone that is looking for a news app for their phone
NetNewsWire supports multiple methods for accounts -- local, various cloud services, and self-hosted. And it is free. I highly recommend someone interested in RSS check the app out and subscribe to a few feeds.
Looking for some starter feeds to sub? Check out Feedspot's RSS directory.
Hosting your own FreshRSS instance is totally optional, and is absolutely a proper option for someone privacy-focused. It doesn't have to be a big, scary monster -- simple options exist, e.g., using fly.io to host FreshRSS, as someone wrote about on this blog.
Would work, but only with sources I register. I’d rather have something that suggests sources I don’t necessarily know