FYI, Vanced is dead.
I have a self-hosted Nextcloud instance with the News plugin. That fetches the news, but I actually read it on my phone or PC. Whenever I read a feed on one device, it automatically syncs up and marks it as read on other devices. As far as actual clients are concerned, you can see the list of apps that can connect to Nextcloud News here. I would hesitate to say I couldnāt live without it, but the app I use is News (yes, just itās just News on F-Droid). Iāve used it for years and itās great!
This is a setup specific to my situation, however. If youāre looking for something simple, have a look at Liferea, QuiteRSS or Akregator for PC. As for Android: thereās a bunch and Iāve honestly only used just the one I mentioned, but I hear Feeder is good!
To be fair, the dog had it coming:
https://katraccoon.com/comics/behind-the-gifs/joy