Replacing Three Social Media Apps with One Using Skyscraper
Skyscraper is an app that supports Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, and standard.site in a single app that runs natively on IOS, Mac, Apple Watch, and more. But can it replace all the different apps I use for these purposes?
@amir The issue is that Lire uses its own server to do full text extraction. So it frequently gets blocked, because all the extraction requests come from one server that a website can just block by IP. Miniflux does it on your local server, so you're less likely to get your IP blocked by the website.
@amir The CBC, and my local Ottawa newspapers, are especially bad about using cloudflare and trying to block not only full text extraction, but even the reader mode in Safari. They really really want you to see those ads.
@amir If I were you, I'd install miniflux under WSL. Then you get its full text extractor, on an IP address you choose, and you can set up your own custom rules.
@fastfinge Do I still need a server for that? And I bet it should be based outside Iran because almost all Iran-based IPs are already hit by Cloudflair anyway.
@amir You could run it on your local machine and have it get articles via a VPN if you wanted. You just have to configure WSL on windows, then run miniflux inside it.
@fastfinge Thanks! This is something I'll be investigating shortly hopefully before the next round of war. I'm almost sure the next one will start soon either in a couple of days or in a week or 2.
