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Comment on Mozilla is shutting down Pocket, their read-it-later and content discovery app, and Fakespot, their browser extension that analyzes the authenticity of online product reviews.

noodlejetski@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

bUt iT’S jUSt bOoKmARkS

- people who are privileged enough to never have experienced multiple days without an internet connection.

it’s a shame to see it go, it’s been the first read-it-later service that I was aware of and used. I’ve moved away to Omnivore (RIP) and then Wallabag (wallabag.it for 11€/year, but you can self-host it or find someone else to host it for you for a lower fee), but I’ve still been thinking fondly of it, despite Mozilla clearly trying to force people into social reading rather than just serve as a convenient offline storage of articles.

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TheBlackLounge@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Why would you need a saas solution if it’s for offline reading? Seems like a contradiction

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- noodlejetski@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  …so that you can read it on a device other than the one you’ve initially opened the link on? I can save a link to Wallabag from my laptop’s browser at home, have my e-readet sync it, and then read it offline while on a train.
  
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  - WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    what OS does your ereader run? can it run syncthing? can it open HTML?
    
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    noodlejetski@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    it’s a jailbroken Paperwhite, so I could look into setting up a Syncthing KOReader plugin, but my current setup works perfectly fine for me.
    
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MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Obsidian with the readitlater plugin is good, and actually stored in a standard format entirely on your devices, so truly offline.

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cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I have ended up using Zotero for this, which takes a snapshot of the webpage for offline reading (and preservation). Synced to other clients through my WebDAV server. Originally only used Zotero as a reference manager for academic journal papers, but liked using it more broadly.

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eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

people who are privileged enough to never have experienced multiple days without an internet connection.

I have, and if you need an SaaS for that, I am sorry for you. Pocket was great for getting around paywalls for a while.

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Artopal@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I hear you. I discovered Omnivore and was in the process of migrating from Pocket to it until less than a year later Omnivore was gone.

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- FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Same. I’ve done pocket and omnivore but now both dead :(
  
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acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
if you happen to be an apple person Safari’s Reading List can save pages offline.

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aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I’ve heard good things about karakeep (also requires self hosting) github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep

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mac@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Check out LinkedIn for this

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cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
How does all this compare with something like Goodlinks?

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- noodlejetski@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  well, for starters I can’t install Goodlinks on Linux, Android, or a jailbroken Kindle.
  
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  - cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Gotcha
    
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