I don’t know how much better going to another closed system is. AFAIK it’s only Google running these servers and only their implementation.

Seems it was temporary maybe?

I add .rss (note the period) and it works fine.

That’s where I’m at. Don’t care that it’s not FOSS or the Dev charges. I just wouldn’t support an app that puts trackers and ads on a product that inherently doesn’t. Putting it behind a paywall wouldn’t bother me a bit.

That said, that’s why I don’t use it nor support it but don’t give a shit if someone else does.