alt Hacker NewsIs there any reason today to use RSS over Atom? Atom sounds like it has all the advantages, except maybe compatibility with some old or stubborn clients?
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alwillis • last Sunday at 5:08 AM
A great summary why Atom is better [1].
Here's an oldie but a goodie regarding RSS vs Atom [2]
[1]: https://ittavern.com/difference-between-rss-and-atom/
[2]: http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/Rss20AndAtom10Compared
talideon • last Saturday at 11:37 AM
RSS itself provides no benefits over Atom. In fact, you're quite likely to see a bunch of RSS feeds that use elements from the Atom namespace.
You should just use Atom.
People still refer to all these as RSS, even if Atom is actually in use.