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Replacing Instapaper

12 points by imartin2k 8y ago

wodenokoto 8y ago
> pocket is an instapaper clone with the same business model. No. Pocket is owned by Mozilla. https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/02/27/mozilla-acquires-pocket/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/02/27/mozilla-acquires-po...
kungtotte 8y ago
I recently started using https://wallabag.org/en https://wallabag.org/en instead of both Pocket and Instapaper. I only rarely used Instapaper and after the EU shutdown I obviously used it not at all. I prefer the app and webpage of wallabag over Pocket, and I prefer the pricing model of their hosting service (not freemium, pay 9 euro/year or don't use the service instead of a free slightly gimped service or a more expensive premium option). You can also self-host if that's your preference, but I couldn't do that for 9 eur/year.
- chewz 8y ago
  Wallbag looks nice - thank you for the tip. On Android I have started using Article Reader - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.olegsheremet.articlereader https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.olegsherem...
- heinrichf 8y ago
  The author wrote some blog posts (in French) about running his paid-for service: https://linuxfr.org/news/un-an-apres-faisons-le-point-sur-wallabag-it https://linuxfr.org/news/un-an-apres-faisons-le-point-sur-wa... (after a year) https://nicolas.loeuillet.org/billets/service-wallabag-it https://nicolas.loeuillet.org/billets/service-wallabag-it (launch) https://nicolas.loeuillet.org/billets/comment-je-vais-tenter-de-gagner-ma-vie-avec-un-projet-opensource https://nicolas.loeuillet.org/billets/comment-je-vais-tenter... (after three months) https://nicolas.loeuillet.org/billets/retours-mise-ligne-wallabagit https://nicolas.loeuillet.org/billets/retours-mise-ligne-wal...
imartin2k 8y ago
I'm using Instapaper with a VPN (and a Swiss IP) to access it, but it is annoying. Particularly because if one forgets to start it, and then sends something to Instapaper, depending on the system, one does not get an error - but the articles won't actually have been sent to Instapaper. Which can be frustrating later on.
dewey 8y ago
> The upside is that standards based APis give confidence that it will be there into the future. Pinboard exists for a while now and I’m a happy user for years already but this hasn’t happened yet so I wouldn’t hold me breath for this in the near future either.
welanes 8y ago
Although primarily a task manager, Lanes - https://lanes.io https://lanes.io - has Instapaper features, plus video bookmarks.

12 points by imartin2k 8y ago

> pocket is an instapaper clone with the same business model. No. Pocket is owned by Mozilla. https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/02/27/mozilla-acquires-pocket/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/02/27/mozilla-acquires-po...

kungtotte 8y ago

I recently started using https://wallabag.org/en https://wallabag.org/en instead of both Pocket and Instapaper. I only rarely used Instapaper and after the EU shutdown I obviously used it not at all. I prefer the app and webpage of wallabag over Pocket, and I prefer the pricing model of their hosting service (not freemium, pay 9 euro/year or don't use the service instead of a free slightly gimped service or a more expensive premium option). You can also self-host if that's your preference, but I couldn't do that for 9 eur/year.

chewz 8y ago
Wallbag looks nice - thank you for the tip. On Android I have started using Article Reader - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.olegsheremet.articlereader https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.olegsherem...
heinrichf 8y ago
The author wrote some blog posts (in French) about running his paid-for service: https://linuxfr.org/news/un-an-apres-faisons-le-point-sur-wallabag-it https://linuxfr.org/news/un-an-apres-faisons-le-point-sur-wa... (after a year) https://nicolas.loeuillet.org/billets/service-wallabag-it https://nicolas.loeuillet.org/billets/service-wallabag-it (launch) https://nicolas.loeuillet.org/billets/comment-je-vais-tenter-de-gagner-ma-vie-avec-un-projet-opensource https://nicolas.loeuillet.org/billets/comment-je-vais-tenter... (after three months) https://nicolas.loeuillet.org/billets/retours-mise-ligne-wallabagit https://nicolas.loeuillet.org/billets/retours-mise-ligne-wal...

imartin2k 8y ago

I'm using Instapaper with a VPN (and a Swiss IP) to access it, but it is annoying. Particularly because if one forgets to start it, and then sends something to Instapaper, depending on the system, one does not get an error - but the articles won't actually have been sent to Instapaper. Which can be frustrating later on.

dewey 8y ago

> The upside is that standards based APis give confidence that it will be there into the future. Pinboard exists for a while now and I’m a happy user for years already but this hasn’t happened yet so I wouldn’t hold me breath for this in the near future either.

welanes 8y ago

Although primarily a task manager, Lanes - https://lanes.io https://lanes.io - has Instapaper features, plus video bookmarks.