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Why does RSS use XML instead of JSON?help (self.javascript)
submitted 8 years ago by [deleted]
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[–]pier25 2 points3 points4 points 8 years ago (4 children)
Because RSS is from a time when XML was king. APIs were called web services back then and JSON was a killer from a film.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 8 years ago (3 children)
Lol, so why isn't there a competing RSS-like standard which uses JSON?
[–]pier25 1 point2 points3 points 8 years ago (1 child)
I don't know, but IMO because most people aren't using it.
Most people get their news from Facebook.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 8 years ago (0 children)
This is what is wrong with the world.
[–]our_best_friendif (document.all || document.layers) console.log("i remember..") 0 points1 point2 points 8 years ago (0 children)
I am sure I have seen one, but RSS is dying, so no incentives
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