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Good to see the 6 months Premium for EU users, but I am still unconvinced; I switched to Pocket after the GDPR fiasco, is there any reason to switch back?

heavymark 8y ago
Depends on if you are happier with Pocket than Instapaper. I think the Pocket UI is rather awful compared to Instapaper, but if it works at least as well or better for you, then of course no reason to switch back.
princetman 8y ago
I’m in a same boat. I already paid for Pocket premium. There is no compelling reason to go back. I did prefer Instapaper app UX though. Probably coz of years of use, but I’ve made my peace with Pocket app. GDPR blackout was a big misstep.
pembrook 8y ago
It’s clear that Pinterest management was behind the GDPR fiasco, and now that Instapaper is independent again, they’re trying to make it right. To me it’s a better product than pocket, reason enough for me to switch back.
- castlegloom 8y ago
  The comment section of the announcement has plenty of Pocket-switchers. I think Instapaper is much more focused than Pocket, which seems to be more geared towards recommendations now.
- cube2222 8y ago
  Why do you think it's a better product? (Not a user of any of them)
chmars 8y ago
How's the privacy record of Pocket? At first sight, https://getpocket.com/privacy https://getpocket.com/privacy doesn't look GDPR-compliant. It doesn't mention rights of the data subject, there's no address of a data protection representative in the EU and so on … In addition, Read It Later Inc. is apparently not Privacy Shield-certified – the don't mention it and I cannot find their entry at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant_search https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant_search. To be fair, https://www.instapaper.com/privacy https://www.instapaper.com/privacy includes some GDPR-related information, however, they don't have a data privacy representative in the EU or a Privacy Shield certification either.

heavymark 8y ago

Depends on if you are happier with Pocket than Instapaper. I think the Pocket UI is rather awful compared to Instapaper, but if it works at least as well or better for you, then of course no reason to switch back.

princetman 8y ago

I’m in a same boat. I already paid for Pocket premium. There is no compelling reason to go back. I did prefer Instapaper app UX though. Probably coz of years of use, but I’ve made my peace with Pocket app. GDPR blackout was a big misstep.

pembrook 8y ago

It’s clear that Pinterest management was behind the GDPR fiasco, and now that Instapaper is independent again, they’re trying to make it right. To me it’s a better product than pocket, reason enough for me to switch back.

castlegloom 8y ago
The comment section of the announcement has plenty of Pocket-switchers. I think Instapaper is much more focused than Pocket, which seems to be more geared towards recommendations now.
cube2222 8y ago
Why do you think it's a better product? (Not a user of any of them)

chmars 8y ago

How's the privacy record of Pocket? At first sight, https://getpocket.com/privacy https://getpocket.com/privacy doesn't look GDPR-compliant. It doesn't mention rights of the data subject, there's no address of a data protection representative in the EU and so on … In addition, Read It Later Inc. is apparently not Privacy Shield-certified – the don't mention it and I cannot find their entry at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant_search https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant_search. To be fair, https://www.instapaper.com/privacy https://www.instapaper.com/privacy includes some GDPR-related information, however, they don't have a data privacy representative in the EU or a Privacy Shield certification either.