Yes, without a doubt. It only has sites that I want to read, I can add or remove sites, move them to different folders. I can save stuff for later. It's much more controlled and quiet. That's not to say I don't like Reddit or HN, it's just different in my reader.

Well HackerNews is one feed in my reader.

RSS is how I read HN. I go through all the articles the reach the front page, async at my leisure. also HNRSS has amazing features. https://hnrss.org/

Yes.