Best Pocket Alternatives
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Find the perfect Pocket alternative that works for you. Compare features, pricing, and hosting options.

I previously posted this at https://lemmy.world/post/30816595

I really appreciate all the feedback from the community! I haven’t had time to address everything yet, but I thought I’d share the redesign as I continue to make this a useful tool for everyone who needs to find a new home for their articles. For anyone who saw the old version, I think you’ll agree it has come a long way!

  • bluelander@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    6 days ago

    For those unaware: RSS is still a thing and still works. You don’t need fancy platforms and algorithms to follow sites that post stuff you care about. Just an RSS catcher.

    On F-Droid, Capy Reader does a great job and supports full article downloads to circumvent the sites that only put previews on RSS.

  • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
    112·
    5 days ago

    Edit:

    this site is mostly ads now

    • Only 4 of the original 22 options are still on the homepage
    • Two (50%) are hosted via sponsor CloudBreak
    • One (25%) is hosted via sponsor Sunya
    • The “get started” links mostly (75%) point to Stripe checkout pages

    OP, is this a joke?

    Sponsored, using affiliate links and accepting donations? Somebody better fork this guide before the GitHub gets yanked

    Edit: Okay, after looking around at this, something seems… off. Linking to getoffpocket.com?by=lemmy was odd already, but then I noticed that every single service here appears to have a referral link. Even the OneNote link has a referral code stapled onto it:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onenote/digital-note-taking-app?rby=getoffpocket.com%2Fproprietary%2Fmicrosoft-onenote%2F

    For some reason, those same UTM links are used for everything, including links to GitHub?
    How about no extra query parameters at all?

    I’m also surprised there’s not even a passing mention to Obsidian and Evernote.

    I think I’ll stick to searching out my own recs on AlternativeTo

  • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    72·
    6 days ago

    Great, you stole my domain. Now I have to come up with a whole new brand for my new line of travel sized fleshlights.

  • d00phy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    I thought Omnivore was sold.

    Also, isn’t pocket being renamed to something? Odd having it listed as an “alternative” to itself!

    • benjaminoakes@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      Thanks for the feedback!

      Omnivore is still around as an open source project. There’s no official hosting. That may need to be represented better.

      As far as I know Pocket is completely shutting down. It would be big news if it isn’t. I heard some things about someone buying it, but the Pocket website hasn’t been updated in a couple weeks since I heard that first.

      It’s a good point about Pocket being listed. There are some plans to make it easier to compare alternatives to Pocket and that’s why it’s there. A bit of a partially finished thought right now, given that I pulled that out of what was released. I’ll look at hiding it.