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Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by wololo_ »

mosselman wrote: post #11
wololo_ wrote: post #8

Exactly what I hate about pocket is fixed here

Could you expand on this? I use pocket for 'read this later'. Raindrop.io seems very well suited for bookmarks so far.

Pocket is limiting me on articles only.. (psychologically). I always wanted an app where I can save my links, for say images on the web, or videos with a description of the timestamp I have reached at. Maybe I want to keep bookmarks for later, but it's not worthy for it to be in my bookmarks bar in my browser and it's not an article (say at top 20 list to submit your startup written by a YC user).

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by fakenBisEsRult »

mosselman wrote: post #12
fakenBisEsRult wrote: post #2

Now make this self-hosted and then I'm in.

I thought the same thing! I started looking for a self-hosted alternative straight away.

The closest thing you can get that is opensource is https://www.wallabag.org/

But it needs more work to be useful to me. For instance, I don't always want to save the contents of the webpage, but just the link along with some notes or tags.

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by n8m »

Ahw crap :( I was working on something similar. But this looks really good. Now they just have to get over that "hug of death" and pay for a bigger server.

As for money generation- sooner or later you will probably see ads in certain areas unless you sign up for a premium plan.

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by sillysaurus3 »

n8m wrote: post #17

Ahw crap :( I was working on something similar. But this looks really good. Now they just have to get over that "hug of death" and pay for a bigger server. As for money generation- sooner or later you will probably see ads in certain areas unless you sign up for a premium plan.

When Dropbox first launched, there were already 8 or so competitors.

Re: Raindrop.io – Smart Bookmarks

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Post by n8m »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #18
n8m wrote: post #17

Ahw crap :( I was working on something similar. But this looks really good. Now they just have to get over that "hug of death" and pay for a bigger server. As for money generation- sooner or later you will probably see ads in certain areas unless you sign up for a premium plan.

When Dropbox first launched, there were already 8 or so competitors.

Just had a chat with my designer and I think will continue. Maybe this is a good opportunity to learn.
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