Artopal@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I use Pocket since before Mozilla bought it. In combination with my kobo ereader, it changed the way I read the Internet for the better. Self hosting is no option for me and as far as I know Pocket was the best free read-it-later service. And the only one that worked seamless with Kobo. I really hope Rakuten buys it.
I really hope Rakuten buys it.
why do you think they won’t enshittify it? they own viber, see what they did there. ads all over the app, some in channels you can’t disable. once it asked me about the data collection I allow, I had to manually disable it with dozens of toggles for all their “business partners”, and it took at least half an hour.
I don’t know what viber is. I also don’t think they won’t enshittify it. I just hope to buy more time until a similar service or technology appears.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 months ago
The fuck is a “read it later” service? Bookmarks?
blackbirdbiryani@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s significantly more accessible than trying to sync bookmarks with an Ereader’s shitty browser
JaymesRS@literature.cafe 2 months ago
Can you pull up a bookmarked item to read when you don’t have an active network connection? If yes, that’s a “read it later” service. If no, then that’s why they are useful.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 months ago
So saving a page.
stephen01king@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
No, because you don’t save the bullshit along with the content. Also, it is a lot more organised than saving the html.
mp3@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
It also stripped the webpage to make it readable and mostly distraction-free, plus sombre services will also include tag suggestions to more easily find it later.
I used Pocket on my Kobo to read articles I saved, much easier to focus on the content and easy on the eyes with the eInk display.
Artopal@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Oh, you are missing so much…