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Not really. Instapaper's design was such that you had to look at the site — with all the ads — at least once to save the page to it. This was by design. Instapa
by adiabatty 11y ago
Not really. Instapaper's design was such that you had to look at the site — with all the ads — at least once to save the page to it. This was by design. Instapaper users wouldn't see ads on subsequent pages or on subsequent viewings, though.
- tcbawo 11y agoSkipping the cruft of formatting and advertisements was a prime benefit, as I recall. How many users wouldn't immediately jump to the reformatted version?
- coldtea 11y agoYeah, but just once though, and not to read the article there (obviously). You just saved it to "read it later". So you didn't spend much time in the site, didn't see all the article pages (when they break it in multiple pages), and you sure didn't click any ads.