And you're also on HN, you're not exactly the average human being.
Do you use “RSS” as a protol specifically, or do you use “RSS” as in “any feed no matter the protocol”?
I was responding to the generic comment that:
> pretty much no-one uses either of them
And I stand with that phrase. I'm pretty sure that are more VHS users than RSS these days. It's not strictly zero, but it's a negligible fraction of internet users.
I don't disagree. But I would also assert the absolute number of RSS users is probably higher than it has ever been. And that's what matters, not what "most people do" now that there are far more non-technical users on the internet than ever before.
One person using something doesn't mean it's popular.
What can I say - its popular with me! Its also well supported, so that's something.