I’ve been using the following RSS aggregators since the mid-2000s:<p>* Google Reader – until it was shut down.<p>* The Old Reader – from early 2015 until I became dissatisfied with its lack of features. I was a paying user, and while the developer was always courteous over email, no amount of feedback convinced them to add functionalities that had become standard among competitors, such as filtering by keywords.<p>* Bazqux – since a week after the November 2024 U.S. election. For my own mental health, I decided to filter out any news containing keywords like "Trump" or "Elon", and it has worked great so far.<p>How I Read My Feeds:<p>* On my laptop, I actually enjoy using Bazqux on the web, though I slightly customize its CSS using Stylus.<p>* On iOS, I use FeeddlerPro, which previously served me well when connected to my The Old Reader subscription.<p>Evaluations & Alternatives:<p>* During my search for the right RSS aggregator back in November, I evaluated Feedbin, Feedbro, Feedly, Inoreader, NetNewsWire, NewsBlur, ReadKit, and a few others.<p>* One bridge I haven’t crossed yet is consuming YouTube via RSS. Since every channel already has an RSS feed, this approach would allow me to filter videos by keywords as well.