Rss feeds. Been using one for close to a decade. IMO no better way to get curated news you give a shit about.
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I guess the next question for me is what readers are available for Android with no ads? Don't mind buying an app but would prefer it be only one that I'm sure of.
A few good ones imo. If your into selfhosting fresh RSS is nice and can be installed as a PWA that works well or it has a few APIs you can use to connect.
If you dont want to host and just want an app feeder is good. Its on Fdroid to.
I host a Fresh RSS instance for myself and few people.