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Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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1222 points phantomathkg | 2 comments | 22 May 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.419s | source
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frereubu ◴[22 May 25 17:48 UTC] No.44064644[source]▶
I've never used Pocket, so I can't comment on feature parity, but for people looking for an alternative I've been using Instapaper for years and have been very happy with it. The founders recently bought it back from Pinterest and have been making steady improvements.
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jeromegv ◴[22 May 25 18:23 UTC] No.44065076[source]▶
Pinterest sold it in 2018. The founder is Marco Arment, he's not the one who bought it back.

But yes, instapaper is still alive.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/16/instapaper-is-leaving-pint...

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1. frereubu ◴[22 May 25 19:55 UTC] No.44066156[source]▶
Ah, OK - I must have misread the bit about who bought it from Pinterest.
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2. bthdonohue ◴[23 May 25 04:07 UTC] No.44069776[source]▶
It's me. For what it's worth I was involved with Instapaper at betaworks (after Marco sold it to betaworks), and Pinterest sold it back to me. Been 12 years with it now!