9 hours ago
- Atom is technically superior to RSS, yet many still use RSS due to ignorance or indifference.
- RSS has ambiguous title encoding semantics, making it unreliable for characters like < or &, while Atom provides clear text, html, and xhtml constructs.
- RSS lacks a standardized distinction between summary and full content, leading to interoperability issues.
- Podcasts remain heavily dependent on RSS due to historical dominance of Apple's iTunes/Apple Podcasts, which never fully supported Atom.