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> "...enjoyment out of the presentation..."

I think you nailed it there. I don't really care about the site presentation, just the content. It's interesting when the content that I'm reading in my feed reader mentions the "new design... working out the quirks" which obviously doesn't translate to the version that is on the reader.

I'm also lazy though... and often can't be bothered to even click on the "read more" when only the brief summary is contained in the syndicated version.

Depends on use case. If you have websites that only publish every couple of weeks (or several times a year), you want some sort of subscription to not miss what they have to say (e.g. new version announcement).

Good point, that is not something I had thought about.

Well, one of the selling points of NewsBlur is showing the content with the design of the original site.

That said, most of my feeds use bland or generic themes. I really just care about their content.