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While I love Instapaper for bringing me back to reading long-form articles, I personally moved to Readability a while back. It's $5 (minimum)/month, but it has
by avolcano 15y ago
While I love Instapaper for bringing me back to reading long-form articles, I personally moved to Readability a while back. It's $5 (minimum)/month, but it has a lot more polish, and I actually prefer the mobile app to Instapaper's iOS ones - it's nice knowing if I decide to leave the iOS ecosystem, I'll still have my articles, while Marco has refused to make official Instapaper clients for other mobile OS's (understandable, as he's only one man). I also like a handful of features in Readability's desktop web app that Instapaper lacks - scroll tracking, more options for how it looks, etc.
However, if I get an iPad, I may move back just for Instapaper's iPad app. Looks beautiful.
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoI prefer Readability as well. I can't justify the $5 per month subscription though. I'd happily pay $20 for a lifetime subscription, but I'm not sure what they're providing that is any different from Read it Later, Instapaper, etc. that justifies the monthly cost. I know they are attempting to pay back authors, but I don't understand why that must be a recurring cost. $5 per month is just a tad cheaper than what I pay for Netflix or prgmr.com, and I don't think it provides near the value of those two. Now when I get a Kindle Touch I might change my mind.
- troethom 15y agoHow wouldn't paying back authors be a recurring cost? It's quite simple actually; how do you divide your $20 between publishers? You can't (before you either die or stop reading that is). A monthly subscription on the other hand can be divided between the articles you've read that month.