The objective of a newsletter is not to cover every article on every website. Rather, it is curation of content.
That said, I agree that browser is not always best way to consume content. As you said earlier, RSS is flexible, so you can create RSS feeds of newsletters. That way, you can have the best of both worlds.
IMO, RSS reader requires an initial setup cost and many people get quickly overwhelmed by the number of unread articles unless they invest some time in setting up good filtering rules.
Yes, subscribing to too many newsletters is counter-productive. If "Unsubscribe" does not work, the last resort is "Report Spam". There is also the possibility of people harvesting email addresses for spamming.
All websites provide an RSS feed. (You can make them if they don't.) Not all websites provide a newsletter.
Having a browser open all the time just to read information is not always desirable.
The objective of a newsletter is not to cover every article on every website. Rather, it is curation of content.
That said, I agree that browser is not always best way to consume content. As you said earlier, RSS is flexible, so you can create RSS feeds of newsletters. That way, you can have the best of both worlds.
IMO, RSS reader requires an initial setup cost and many people get quickly overwhelmed by the number of unread articles unless they invest some time in setting up good filtering rules.
So does a newsletter though - and maintaining them can easily become a horrible task. You'll need to hope that "Unsubscribe" works...
Yes, subscribing to too many newsletters is counter-productive. If "Unsubscribe" does not work, the last resort is "Report Spam". There is also the possibility of people harvesting email addresses for spamming.
That won't happen with RSS! ;-)
Wait till everyone is on the SPA bandwagon :P