When it comes to the importance of RSS to me, it is moral, almost spiritual. That might sound like I'm overstating it, but hear me out.<p>There is lots of interesting content out there. For an individual to develop themselves, they need free reign to information. RSS allows and enables an individual's learning about reality (on the web).<p>The reverse is mediated information. Corporations/governments would rather steer you to where they want you to go - to the sandboxed areas, the paddling pools of the internet. Many people think the internet is just youtube, facebook, instagram and twitter. These are social mediating platforms.<p>RSS is probably the most anarchic technological development of the internet we have had. More important than crypto or mobile phones. Continued unmediated access to the information you are interested in, without being distracted is what every individual should be striving for.<p>No wonder Google bent over backwards to try to kill it.