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Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by gkanai »

bthdonohue wrote: post #96

Hi all, Brian from Instapaper here. There seem to be a number of comments expressing concerns about the acquisition, and I wanted to just jump in and offer to answer any questions you have about the acquisition. Based on the comments I've read below the main concerns seem to be that Instapaper will either be shutdown or materially changed in a way that effects the end-user experience. I can tell you that neither of t…

You no longer control your destiny, so making promises you can't control is just rude to your users.

I am closing my account today. Thanks for the service to date.

Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by sambe »

bigethan wrote: post #139
sambe wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agree. This happened to two other services I like this week as well. It's been puzzling me for a while though: doesn't Google punish the behaviour you mention?

Not yet, but soon: https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/08/helping-users-easi...

I think it was already the case that the content shown in the search result had to be viewable on the site. This link seems to be more about annoyances?

Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by thirdsun »

supercoder wrote: post #174
bthdonohue wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi Maciej, 2/3 of the staff members are moving to San Francisco. We all agreed to it before making the decision, no hands were forced. Also, big fan of your writing. Want to grab a coffee or beer now that I'm in SF? Brian

That's not a good sign. Most of the time when a tech company or app fails they're based in SF.

Also when they start. Which might be the most likely reason for your observation.

Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by Arcsech »

lukasb wrote: post #75
Arcsech wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pinboard has a read-it-later feature. It works for me, and I know it won't change suddenly out from under me (unless idlewords gets hit by a bus, but eh). "It works, it's nice and fast, and will continue to work the same way for the foreseeable future" is pretty much the highest praise I can give a service like this, and Pinboard nails that aspect.

Do you have a mobile client you like? I remember being frustrated by what I could find for Pinboard, as far as replacing Instapaper.

I use PinDroid on Android. I mostly bookmark things on mobile to read on a bigger screen though, so I can't comment on how it works the other direction.

Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by cstuder »

cvburgess wrote: post #90
brians wrote: post #15

Bummer. I love and use instapaper, gathering articles for a few weeks to read at altitude. It's a great product, and I paid for a subscription these last years in the hopes that I could therefore continue to enjoy it. Now it's sold to Pinterest, one of the two sites I don't bother with links to—because I know Pinterest and Quora will require me to sign in rather than show me what they showed a search engine. What els…

I really like http://raindrop.io - its pretty, easy, and has a mobile app / chrome extension.

They have hidden their pricing well: https://raindrop.io/pages/pricing

Anyway, I'm probably going to replace my Instapaper with a self-hosted alternative instead of hoping yet another company stays in business long enough.

Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by executesorder66 »

brians wrote: post #15

Bummer. I love and use instapaper, gathering articles for a few weeks to read at altitude. It's a great product, and I paid for a subscription these last years in the hopes that I could therefore continue to enjoy it. Now it's sold to Pinterest, one of the two sites I don't bother with links to—because I know Pinterest and Quora will require me to sign in rather than show me what they showed a search engine. What els…

Use tampermoneky/greasemonkey browser extension, and add a user script to disable that "please log in" shit. It works for me.

Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by mrdan »

Arcsech wrote: post #27
brians wrote: post #15

Bummer. I love and use instapaper, gathering articles for a few weeks to read at altitude. It's a great product, and I paid for a subscription these last years in the hopes that I could therefore continue to enjoy it. Now it's sold to Pinterest, one of the two sites I don't bother with links to—because I know Pinterest and Quora will require me to sign in rather than show me what they showed a search engine. What els…

Pinboard has a read-it-later feature. It works for me, and I know it won't change suddenly out from under me (unless idlewords gets hit by a bus, but eh). "It works, it's nice and fast, and will continue to work the same way for the foreseeable future" is pretty much the highest praise I can give a service like this, and Pinboard nails that aspect.

Is there any iOS app that supports offline reading of bookmarks? I already have pinner, which has a decent parser, but afaik redownloads and reparses on access.

Re: Instapaper is joining Pinterest

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Post by Ressuder »

k_sh wrote: post #200
donretag wrote: post #158

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Considering they are forcing the team to move to SF, there is no way Instapaper will exist in one year.

This is my takeaway as well. One of the most dangerous things about acquisitions is losing the "magic touch" that the original team had... requiring a cross-country move is not the best way to retain your talent.

The "original team", i.e. Marco Arment, moved on years ago anyway.
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