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date: 2025-10-05
link: https://inessential.com/2025/10/04/why-netnewswire-is-not-web-app.html
title: Why NetNewsWire Is Not a Web App
cited: Brent Simmons (inessential.com)

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> But what if I wanted to do a web app, in addition to or instead of a native app?

> I can picture a future, as I bet you can, where RSS readers aren't allowed on any app store, and we're essentially required to use billionaire-owned social media and platform-owned news apps.

> But there are issues with making NetNewsWire a web app.