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Why should I pay 12 Euro a year to do something I can do in Chrome for free?

by thehardsphere 9y ago

polote 9y ago
I'm not sure you have RSS reader in chrome or an API to access your bookmarks for example ...
- thehardsphere 9y ago
  Ok, let me rephrase the question: if the service provided is to save a complete webpage, why would I want to muck around with an RSS reader and an API and all of that extra effort as opposed to just saving in my browser, whichever it happens to be? I don't just mean Chrome, either. Mobile Safari seems to have a pretty good offline pages functionality included with it.
  - polote 9y ago
    If you are happy with Chrome, then there is no reason to change. Nevertheless being able to access his bookmarks from any computers is already a good thing to have for some people
sametmax 9y ago
- You don't have to pay, you can self host. - You may want to access your bookmarks outside of chrome. - You may want to access your bookmarks when you are not in a safe machine. - You may want an API for your bookmarks. - You may not be using chrome. - You may care about your privacy and want to split the data stack about you among as many providers as possible.
- thehardsphere 9y ago
  > Self host That's more expensive than the 12 Euro when you factor in the time I would have to spend to do that. > Outside of Chrome Ok, substitute Chrome for any browser. How is this better than reading the saved webpage off of a hard disk? > Not in a safe machine If the machine is not safe, why am I using it at all? > API To do what, exactly? > may not be using Chrome Every browser now has a "Save webpage, complete" feature. It's not a Chrome thing. > privacy There's nothing more private than my hard disk.
  - roblabla 9y ago
    You might have missed the point. This allows you to share saved webpages accross machines. The save webpage, complete feature saves it to your hard drive, locally. What I want is to be able to save pages from my desktop, and read them from my android phone.
    - thehardsphere 9y ago
      I definitely missed the point; that's why I asked what the point is. Thank you for clarifying that the thing you want that this software provides is the ability to synchronize saved content across multiple devices of different platforms.
  - worstscenario 9y ago
    > There's nothing more private than my hard disk. > Uploads bookmarks to cloud
    - thehardsphere 9y ago
      I don't upload my bookmarks to cloud.
      - reitanqild 9y ago
        Ok, so you disabled that in Chrome?
  - prophesi 9y ago
    But you have to admit those are all valid use-cases for Wallabag.
eswat 9y ago
One reason: portability. If you use multiple devices but aren’t using Chrome on all of them then you can still access your data through the web front-end.

Why should I pay 12 Euro a year to do something I can do in Chrome for free?

polote 9y ago

I'm not sure you have RSS reader in chrome or an API to access your bookmarks for example ...

thehardsphere 9y ago
Ok, let me rephrase the question: if the service provided is to save a complete webpage, why would I want to muck around with an RSS reader and an API and all of that extra effort as opposed to just saving in my browser, whichever it happens to be? I don't just mean Chrome, either. Mobile Safari seems to have a pretty good offline pages functionality included with it.
- polote 9y ago
  If you are happy with Chrome, then there is no reason to change. Nevertheless being able to access his bookmarks from any computers is already a good thing to have for some people

sametmax 9y ago

- You don't have to pay, you can self host. - You may want to access your bookmarks outside of chrome. - You may want to access your bookmarks when you are not in a safe machine. - You may want an API for your bookmarks. - You may not be using chrome. - You may care about your privacy and want to split the data stack about you among as many providers as possible.

thehardsphere 9y ago
> Self host That's more expensive than the 12 Euro when you factor in the time I would have to spend to do that. > Outside of Chrome Ok, substitute Chrome for any browser. How is this better than reading the saved webpage off of a hard disk? > Not in a safe machine If the machine is not safe, why am I using it at all? > API To do what, exactly? > may not be using Chrome Every browser now has a "Save webpage, complete" feature. It's not a Chrome thing. > privacy There's nothing more private than my hard disk.
- roblabla 9y ago
  You might have missed the point. This allows you to share saved webpages accross machines. The save webpage, complete feature saves it to your hard drive, locally. What I want is to be able to save pages from my desktop, and read them from my android phone.
  - thehardsphere 9y ago
    I definitely missed the point; that's why I asked what the point is. Thank you for clarifying that the thing you want that this software provides is the ability to synchronize saved content across multiple devices of different platforms.
- worstscenario 9y ago
  > There's nothing more private than my hard disk. > Uploads bookmarks to cloud
  - thehardsphere 9y ago
    I don't upload my bookmarks to cloud.
    - reitanqild 9y ago
      Ok, so you disabled that in Chrome?
- prophesi 9y ago
  But you have to admit those are all valid use-cases for Wallabag.

eswat 9y ago

One reason: portability. If you use multiple devices but aren’t using Chrome on all of them then you can still access your data through the web front-end.