This helps a lot.

androidApp/src/main/res/xml/pref_general.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     </PreferenceCategory>
     <EditTextPreference
-        android:defaultValue="200"
+        android:defaultValue="20"
         android:inputType="number"
         android:key="prefer_api_items_number"
         android:selectAllOnFocus="true"

shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/service/AppSettingsService.kt

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class AppSettingsService {
     }
 
     fun refreshItemsNumber() {
-        _itemsNumber = settings.getString("prefer_api_items_number", "200").toInt()
+        _itemsNumber = settings.getString("prefer_api_items_number", "20").toInt()
     }
 
     fun getApiTimeout(): Long {