Trusting
Final paragraph sums it best:
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Is there a plan to get it on Play Store? I know it's available on Codeberg and Izzy, but getting it on Play Store will inevitably increase its popularity.
What are you trying to prove?
There was some drama in the past with the Libva fork, but it's mostly all passed by now.
What was it?
Honestly they are quite different, there are pros and cons. A feed reader shows purely what you are subscribed to, and there is no algorithm that rates which links you should see first. You have to curate your own feeds.
I honestly dont feel like navigating between all of the various disparate news websites on a daily basis - or even a weekly basis to be honest.
This is a perfect use case for a feed reader.
I do have a homelab and could easily self-host a personal Lemmy instance if I wanted. But I'm not sure if it's worth the effort.
Keep is so bare-bones I wonder why I keep using it.