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What are good alternatives to Instapaper? There is Pocket, any other recomendation? Maybe it is also time for somebody to create new app as tiny side apps owne

by dejv 8y ago

What are good alternatives to Instapaper? There is Pocket, any other recomendation? Maybe it is also time for somebody to create new app as tiny side apps owned by corporations seems to be sunseted sooner or later.

tobltobs 8y ago
Creating new apps has just become more effort, while monetization options have become more difficult.
- danieldk 8y ago
  So? Profit maximization of the developer is not the only thing that matters, users deserve to be protected as well. Applications have become terrible in this respect. I use Little Snitch and see many paid applications report to Google Analytics. I don’t want the developer to know how often and how I use the application, let alone Google. Technical users know how to use an application firewall, uBlock or uMatrix. But the average user was robbed of their privacy without them even knowing, let alone having any choice. The GDPR finally corrects this.
  - freeone3000 8y ago
    Google Analytics isn't usually used as a revenue stream, but instead for analytics and telemetry.
    - danieldk 8y ago
      One motivation for doing analytics/telemetry is being able to set optimal price points, etc. For example, i f 80% of your user population uses your app daily, it is more attractive to switch to a subscription model than if most people use it very irregularly.
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      - tobltobs 8y ago
        Oh my god, that sounds like capitalism.
marrone12 8y ago
"Somebody" has created plenty of new apps, they just happen to get acquired as you say. If you want one that will last forever, you need to code it yourself and keep it as a personal tool.
gnicholas 8y ago
There's Wallabag [1], which you can host your own instance of. I'm the creator of BeeLine Reader [2], which has a reading list feature. The app is free to download and if you want to use it as a reading list app that's totally free. There are some IAPs that hook into Kindle or provide other functionalities, but they're unnecessary if you just want a read-later app. 1: https://wallabag.org/en https://wallabag.org/en 2: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beeline-reader/id938026867?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beeline-reader/id938026867?m...
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by dejv 8y ago

tobltobs 8y ago

Creating new apps has just become more effort, while monetization options have become more difficult.

danieldk 8y ago
So? Profit maximization of the developer is not the only thing that matters, users deserve to be protected as well. Applications have become terrible in this respect. I use Little Snitch and see many paid applications report to Google Analytics. I don’t want the developer to know how often and how I use the application, let alone Google. Technical users know how to use an application firewall, uBlock or uMatrix. But the average user was robbed of their privacy without them even knowing, let alone having any choice. The GDPR finally corrects this.
- freeone3000 8y ago
  Google Analytics isn't usually used as a revenue stream, but instead for analytics and telemetry.
  - danieldk 8y ago
    One motivation for doing analytics/telemetry is being able to set optimal price points, etc. For example, i f 80% of your user population uses your app daily, it is more attractive to switch to a subscription model than if most people use it very irregularly.
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    - tobltobs 8y ago
      Oh my god, that sounds like capitalism.

marrone12 8y ago

"Somebody" has created plenty of new apps, they just happen to get acquired as you say. If you want one that will last forever, you need to code it yourself and keep it as a personal tool.

gnicholas 8y ago

There's Wallabag [1], which you can host your own instance of. I'm the creator of BeeLine Reader [2], which has a reading list feature. The app is free to download and if you want to use it as a reading list app that's totally free. There are some IAPs that hook into Kindle or provide other functionalities, but they're unnecessary if you just want a read-later app. 1: https://wallabag.org/en https://wallabag.org/en 2: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beeline-reader/id938026867?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beeline-reader/id938026867?m...

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