If you don’t use RSS readers but do like email, blogtrottr.com is free and does RSS→email. You can set the frequency of the emails. Free accounts get ads in the emails, but it’s inexpensive to go ad-free, which I do.

disclaimer: I get no benefit from sharing the site, just found it to be a handy tool…

I was pretty hopeful to see a change of heart during the AMA,

Alas, I had no such optimism. Unfortunately, my cynicism was correct. :(