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Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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1222 points phantomathkg | 5 comments | 22 May 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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podgietaru ◴[22 May 25 18:59 UTC] No.44065481[source]▶
I loved Pocket. I used it nearly daily. I was often in their top n% of users. I paid for it. Then one day they changed the way their rendering worked on iOS. And it destroyed my workflow.

I also bought a Kobo E-Reader specifically to use Pocket with it. In short order I found an open-source alternative - Omnivore - and spent my time hacking away at my Kobo to get it to pull from there instead. https://github.com/Podginator/KoboOmnivoreConverter

I think Pocket was amazing. I think the idea worked amazingly for someone like me, who is an enjoyer of reading, but had a hard time finding a moment to sit down and do it.

I am upset that Pocket is going. I am upset that Omnivore shut down. I am upset that my Kobo will probably remove that integration and thus ruin my Self-Hosted Omnivore's integration with it.

I think it could have been a lot, lot more.

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1. fifteen1506 ◴[22 May 25 19:14 UTC] No.44065659[source]▶
Check the barebones but functional Wallabag. Hosted version available for a fee.
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2. puzzlingcaptcha ◴[22 May 25 19:55 UTC] No.44066149[source]▶
Just to add that you can also self-host it, and it supports Kobo as well. I once stumbled upon but didn't investigate further since Pocket just worked so well. I guess now I will have to.
3. SSLy ◴[22 May 25 19:55 UTC] No.44066150[source]▶
It’s the lack of nice sync to an articles directory that’ll be missed. I’m also bitten by this shutdown.
4. cloudfudge ◴[22 May 25 20:49 UTC] No.44066807[source]▶
Wallabag looks great, if a little homebrew. I signed up and had to laugh that the default "Welcome to wallabag" article could not be retrieved. Regardless, I decided to give 'em 12 bucks and see how it goes.
5. benjaminoakes ◴[23 May 25 19:36 UTC] No.44075881[source]▶
Related bit from my other comment:

> If you don't want to bother with self-hosting, there are some hosted options available: https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag/wiki/wallabag-ecosystem...