Thread: AvantGo being retired
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Old 06-07-2009, 01:08 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by akira28 View Post
Bob did quote an announcement from someone who thinks data plans have replaced Avantgo type readers. That may be true of some people but not all. Even then the network is not accessible every where, such as a previous poster said, the underground. So in that sense they are indeed inferior.

However, quite bluntly, most RSS feeds suck and they never lived up to their expectations. Very few of them carry full articles, most just listing a sentence or two. Besides, Avantgo could read RSS feeds too.
Many RSS feeds do not carry full articles because the authors of the blogs who create the feeds set up their feed to only display partial articles, so that readers are forced to go to the website to read the entire article. Don't blame the RSS feed software, blame the author who thinks they will generate more income for their website if they force readers to go the website.

I have set up my blogs so that the full article is included in the RSS feed, although pictures don't always display very well. I also will not stay subscribed to a feed that only provides partial articles.
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