What is a good alternative?
Readwise Reader, paid service from a bootstrapped company, kind of ensures it won’t randomly kill the product
Also: They are users of their own product
Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot
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Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot
#132Any good alternatives which can import my pocket data?
Readwise Reader should be a great option
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#133They are also shuttering Fakespot which they acquired for an untold amount of money in 2023. Sounds like this little attempt at being "AI guardrails" is over.
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#134> Your export file will include links (URLs) of your saved items. The export does not extract the text of saved links. Additionally, the export does not contain tags or highlights. boo! without the tags, the links will be mostly useless for me. Every now and then I thought aboyt switching to some self-hosted solution. Should've done it sooner... and I will never trust Mozilla with any service again.
Yeah this is really lame. I used it because I like Mozilla and thought Pocket's future would be relatively safe in their hands.
I'm sure a lot of HN readers view any of Mozilla's operations outside of Firefox as a distraction, but I think it's a shame to lose Pocket. I really like several Mozilla services (Relay, VPN, and up to now Pocket) and this shutdown along with such a half-assed export option is a real disappointment.
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#135Super bummed about this. I know a surprising number of high profile CEOs and founders who live by Pocket, really has just been quietly reliable and simple way to reserve content for later. Despite there being so many other $apps that can fill the gap here, none of them seem to be as clean and straightforward as Pocket has been for me. Anyone here paying for Matter or Readwise? I know Instapaper may seem to be the obv…
I tried Matter but it lacked Android support at the time so didn't go deep into it. I've been a heavy Readwise user for the last two years or so. It's better than Pocket in almost every way, although as I've moved into the 99.9th percentile of archive size I'm seeing some annoying perf issues they'll hopefully fix. At least they have a Discord and are making actual updates to the app, something that Pocket stopped doing probably five years ago.
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#136Is there anything (preferabbly local-first, and sync with dropbox or any other service) that simply snips the article (preferably using simlar tech as "reader mode"), and something that supports other media? (youtube videos, instagram reels, etc)
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#137> Your export file will include links (URLs) of your saved items. The export does not extract the text of saved links. Additionally, the export does not contain tags or highlights. boo! without the tags, the links will be mostly useless for me. Every now and then I thought aboyt switching to some self-hosted solution. Should've done it sooner... and I will never trust Mozilla with any service again.
anyone have any good suggestions for a self-hosted option?
I don't understand the Linkding recommendations.
AFAICT Linkding is a bookmarking app, much like Pinboard, not a read-later app like Pocket.
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#138Seems Obsidian Web Clipper is a good alternative, it can save as markdown so you own the data offline. Anyone tried it? What is your experience?
It isn't available on mobile AFAIK, which is like my primary use for pocket etc., saving links to later read on my laptop
https://apps.apple.com/app/obsidian-web-clipper/id6720708363...
Alternative is using iOS share with Obsidian.
Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot
#139> Your export file will include links (URLs) of your saved items. The export does not extract the text of saved links. Additionally, the export does not contain tags or highlights. boo! without the tags, the links will be mostly useless for me. Every now and then I thought aboyt switching to some self-hosted solution. Should've done it sooner... and I will never trust Mozilla with any service again.
Not to mention they charged $45 a year for a service that included backups in their cloud should your save become a dead link. Imagine paying that amount for several years and when you need it they pull the rug.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250321050043/https://getpocket...
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#140I feel bad saying I'm happy that they're shutting it down, but it should never have been built into the browser and forced on people.
Focus on making a decent browser and let extensions be extensions.