fetching text for offline reading

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There is something that I’ve certainly misunderstood: is it possible to have the full text (i.e. the text and pictures minus the formatting, same thing than when you press the “TEXT” button) for offline reading, or eventually not? 
As I’m trying this offline, I can only read the few first lines many RSS feeds are made of. 
Whether I press the “TEXT” button I only get a “Fetching text...” while offline. No way to use it while offline actually. 
Thanks for Newsblur though, it’s amazing! 
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Gérald

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This would probably be better as an Idea rather than a Question. As for the feature, it cannot be built, as it's an enormous cost on the servers. I also only fetch the original text when you explicitly ask for it, on a per-story basis. That's how other services do it and I aim to stay on the precedence side of the legal grey line.

I am, however, adding a sticky Text view on a per-feed basis to iOS. In fact, I just added it today.
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In the Android app if you have set the default view for a feed to text then it will be fetched as part of the sync and will be available offline.
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Gérald

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Thank you Samuel and Mark, your answers gave me the very understanding I lacked!
Keep the good work up, Samuel!