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I'm the creator of the FiveFilters.org Push to Kindle service. The technical difference, as far as I'm aware, is that the Amazon version works by using Javascr
by k1m 10y ago
I'm the creator of the FiveFilters.org Push to Kindle service.
The technical difference, as far as I'm aware, is that the Amazon version works by using Javascript on your browser to identify the content block and send it to your account. We make a separate request for the content from the server. The JS method works better in many cases (e.g. if the page you're viewing is not publicly accessible - paywall perhaps). The implementation, however, is problematic for many people.
See user reviews of the Amazon version at https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/send-to-kindle-for-google/cgdjpilhipecahhcilnafpblkieebhea/reviews https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/send-to-kindle-for... and https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sendtokindle/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sendtokindle/
User reviews of our extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/push-to-kindle/pnaiinchjaonopoejhknmgjingcnaloc/reviews https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/push-to-kindle/pna... and https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/kindle-it/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/kindle-it/ and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.fivefilters.kindleit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.fivefilter...
Another difference is that we offer an Android app and an email service to get articles to your Kindle account. Amazon does not offer this themselves yet. Their send to Kindle offering on Android is for personal documents on the device itself.
I should also add that when we released Push to Kindle, Amazon did not offer their own browser extensions. So although we weren't the first, we weren't competing with Amazon.
- ikeboy 10y agoDid your sales drop off after Amazon released sendtokindle?
- k1m 10y agoWe only sell the Android app. Haven't noticed a huge difference there. I'm sure it would affect it if Amazon created an alternative. As for browser extension use, it's not something we actively track. But active user stats, reported by Chrome Web Store, have not been increasing much. Not sure if that's a direct result of Amazon's own extension, but could well be.