I was actually a paying user at Instapaper, then Pocket, then back at Instapaper, and finally (and currently) Readwise Reader. Not sure this will drag me back over the fence. At least not yet :)
From my experience it had the exact same behavior as the "Reading mode" feature from browsers. Which was not great overall.
No clue if there is something better than that though.
There was and technically still is Omnivore (https://github.com/omnivore-app/omnivore), but it got aquired by ElevenLabs last year and the official instance got shut down. Shiori (https://github.com/go-shiori/shiori) also comes to mind, but I think that's about it.
As for closed source solutions, I'd say Readwise Reader (https://readwise.io/read) actually innovated a little bit for the first time in over a decade by catering to power users, but I didn't use it often enough to justify a perpetual $10/month subscription (no free tier what so ever).
Nowadays I just use Obsidian's web clipper.
All I'd really want to do to that design is lay off the drop shadows
I’m so glad this is happening. Guess I’m an Instapaper user now.
I find myself mainly using https://send.djazz.se/ now tho
I just bought a Kobo Libra Colour, knowing up front that the widely mentioned Pocket support now was a dud.
As such I had no expectations for such functionality, but maybe I’ll get it anyway.
Thanks to everyone involved. It’s appreciated!
fermentation•6mo ago
AdmiralAsshat•6mo ago
Seems rather dickish, given that they acquired the company in the first place. Not what I would expect of an "open source" company.
I hope if the Pocket guys ever quit Mozilla or are laid off, they'll be in a position to speak about what happened.