This might not fit your workflow, but Thunderbird can be used as an RSS reader. Go to File > New and add a new Feed Account

Emacs

FreshRss! It’s a selfhostable web app/server with a browser reader.

The full text extraction takes some technical fiddling and reading, but it works like a charm!

Can't go wrong with Fluent Reader. It's beautiful and featureful, has a reader mode as well.

https://github.com/yang991178/fluent-reader/tree/v1.1.2

Miniflux has grown on me https://miniflux.app/

I run it in docker and access from browser. It says it can automatically download the whole article. For me I have to hit download button each time, maybe I missed some configuration.

If you self-host services, I recommend it

Nextcloud's news reader is pretty good -- but you need to host a Nextcloud instance first :) (Hint: you should, to free yourself from google/icloud or whatever you use)

https://lemmy.ca/c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

https://github.com/nextcloud/news

Desktop and mobile clients are available.

I tend to use either Newsboat or Elfeed. The first one is command line, the second is Emacs. So they're both text-based. Might not be precisely what you're looking for, but with the right choice of terminal font and easy-on-the-eyes colours, I find it a pleasant reading experience without distraction.

Wallabag might work.

I use newsflash for this, not the best app but still does all I want.

I'm a fan of KDEs Akregator. It does a great job as a feed reader and shows the contwnt of an entry in a simplified reader mode. However some feeds jist dont display the full arricle in their feed entries so you'd have to follow a link there. But even thats sth that makes Akregator awesome: you can specify the command thats used to follow a link and most browsers have the option to open a page in reader mode via the commandline. So from what I gathered thia should pretty much do all you want it to and then some.

Read You app is pretty much what you described

Liferea does the job and worries pretty well.

Akgregator is great but I'm not sure about Reader Mode

Nunti

i use freshrss, and rssbridge to aggregate my feed device independenty (so i can have the same feed on my phone)

https://selfoss.aditu.de/

Self hosted, very simpel, runs in browser (therefore accessable cross-plattform, mobile and desktop) and looks good enough.

It was my initial idea to consume news after reddit died for me. Thankfully, Lemmy files that gap <3

Gnome Feeds

If you're not afraid of the terminal, the combination of newsboat and w3m is the quickest option.

Feedbin. Not a Linux app, but a web app. And not FOSS or self hosted. Just a really great app run by great people for a great price. Parses full content and has a pretty nice API.

rss2email combined with any mail client

(best to use some dedicated mail account though)

ttrss might be an option if you're into self hosting

Gnome Feeds works well for me.

I am using feedpushr which sends articles to my mail.

Anyone else remember Google Reader? Not OP's question, I know, but holy shit was Google Reader good times.