On Reddit Killing RSS Support

Reddit is killing RSS support. On November 13, they are going to remove the ability to subscribe to subreddits via RSS, and their stated reason is weak, at best. RSS – Really Simple Syndication – has existed since the early days of the Internet and is still supported by many websites. It's a hallmark of the open web – which is quickly disappearing. This feature allows you to use an RSS reader to receive new content from supported websites all in one place. Many RSS readers have extensive features that allow you to organize and customize your feeds to your heart's content. Reddit claims they are killing RSS support because of AI bots continually scraping their content. But they already rate-limited (limited the number of times an RSS feed could be queried from a certain IP within a certain amount of time), so it's not a matter of AI bots clogging up the traffic. I think what this comes down to is money. Reddit has slowly been trying to monetize their users more and more, and killing…