Instapaper is going independent
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Instapaper is going independent
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#2Was GDPR so terrifying that they had to sell it off?
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#3Was GDPR so terrifying that they had to sell it off?
Background Info for users outside of Europe: Instapaper has been geoblocked for European users for the last two months.
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#4From what I’ve seen this is usually what happens when the parent company wants to close the service down. First they spin off the service into its own company then the company shuts down because of a lack of income.
Is that what’s happening here? What’s the name of this process?
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#5Was GDPR so terrifying that they had to sell it off?
Background Info for users outside of Europe: Instapaper has been geoblocked for European users for the last two months.
Is it still blocked? It works here, but some geo DBs locate me in Russia because my ISP bought the IP address I use from there recently.
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Background Info for users outside of Europe: Instapaper has been geoblocked for European users for the last two months.
Is it still blocked? It works here, but some geo DBs locate me in Russia because my ISP bought the IP address I use from there recently.
Still blocked for me. C'mon now, I get it as an emergency measure, I get it when LA Times does it since they aren't interested in European visitors; but this here is just plain lazy.
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#7From what I’ve seen this is usually what happens when the parent company wants to close the service down. First they spin off the service into its own company then the company shuts down because of a lack of income. Is that what’s happening here? What’s the name of this process?
Instapaper is an anomaly. It's been passed around like a stepchild since birth. I think there is a perceived-value fallacy around the number of people who use it or the intelligence that can be gleaned from knowing what people are bookmarking... but it looks like no one has been able to crack that nut. Every few years it gets passed to someone else. Nothing really ever changes... it just gets a new owner.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is it still blocked? It works here, but some geo DBs locate me in Russia because my ISP bought the IP address I use from there recently.
Still blocked for me. C'mon now, I get it as an emergency measure, I get it when LA Times does it since they aren't interested in European visitors; but this here is just plain lazy.
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#9From what I’ve seen this is usually what happens when the parent company wants to close the service down. First they spin off the service into its own company then the company shuts down because of a lack of income. Is that what’s happening here? What’s the name of this process?
Hi Brad, Brian from Instapaper here. Just want to reassure you that's not the case here, we intend to operate Instapaper for the foreseeable future. We made this decision because we believe it’s best for both Pinterest and Instapaper.
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#10I am glad it happened and I hope they are going to find sustainable model. I've been using alternatives for past two months as Instapaper was blocked in EU and all those alternatives are horrible.
Good luck guys.