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Re: Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to?

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Post by dgl »

al_borland wrote: post #44

I came to the realization (through another commenter on HN) that I never actually read things I save. It’s just where my good intentions go to die. If it’s not worth reading in the moment, I don’t read it. I’ve been using a little bit of AI summaries to get more context from an article if I’m not actually going to read it, or want to see if it’s worth reading.

Same. I used to read a bunch of things offline using Instapaper, but that was when I commuted on the tube (no signal, then), now I hardly commute. I still save things (in a text file) but try to save them with grepable keywords, so I can find them more easily later.

Re: Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to?

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Post by abawany »

extr0pian wrote: post #5

Wallabag. I switched from Pocket to Wallabag years ago because I didn't like sponsored content and ads in Pocket. I originally started paying for it as a subscription directly from wallabag.it, but then I started self-hosting it. Wallabag has an option to import all of your articles from Pocket too. It's a fantastic service.

I also switched to their hosted/paid offering and currently have no plans to self-host. I also aftee that the import tool from Pocket just worked and did a great job.

Re: Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to?

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Post by mm263 »

masylum wrote: post #11

Hey, this is Pao, the guy building https://fika.bar . Fika is a place to save, discover and share content built upon 3 products: - A local-first bookmark manager (Works 100% offline) - A feed reader: With feed discovery from your bookmarks. - A blog/newsletter platform The only thing it currently does not have is e-reader integration yet. But you get the other 2 products bundled together which make a lot of sense.

The link to your blog doesn't seem to work

Re: Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to?

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Post by AbstractH24 »

al_borland wrote: post #44

I came to the realization (through another commenter on HN) that I never actually read things I save. It’s just where my good intentions go to die. If it’s not worth reading in the moment, I don’t read it. I’ve been using a little bit of AI summaries to get more context from an article if I’m not actually going to read it, or want to see if it’s worth reading.

Same

Re: Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to?

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Post by mm263 »

masylum wrote: post #11

Hey, this is Pao, the guy building https://fika.bar . Fika is a place to save, discover and share content built upon 3 products: - A local-first bookmark manager (Works 100% offline) - A feed reader: With feed discovery from your bookmarks. - A blog/newsletter platform The only thing it currently does not have is e-reader integration yet. But you get the other 2 products bundled together which make a lot of sense.

Also, I don't seem to be able to login - stuck at "Syncing to this device."

Re: Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to?

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Post by chrisweekly »

dtkav wrote: post #29

I use Obsidian Web Clipper [0] with the Relay Obsidian plugin [1] (I'm the author) for syncing. Web clipper converts websites to markdown and puts them into your Obsidian vault, and then Relay can sync subfolders in your vault to make sure you have a copy on all of your devices (even between a work and personal vault for example). Relay is also collaborative, so I frequently clip things, clean them up a bit, and move…

I use Readwise (and Obsidian).

Re: Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to?

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Post by jkestner »

RistrettoMike wrote: post #12

Throwing another answer in for Instapaper. It’s not as new and flashy as something like Readwise or Matter, but also doesn’t try to do too much. Killer features of Instapaper for me include the kindle digest and IFTTT integration (which I use to mirror my archived articles to Raindrop.io)

I don’t use Instapaper as much as I used to when I had an iPod touch on the subway, but I’m a subscriber. Happy to support the indie effort.
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