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getoffpocket.com, my guide to Pocket alternatives, just got a redesign (getoffpocket.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by benjaminoakes@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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!

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

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

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm sketched out that it shows only paid monthly subscription options even for open source self hosted options that you probably don't need to pay a penny for

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yep I knew it would be about this, anything for a buck, I wonder how much he made from these links

[–] benjaminoakes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

It takes a lot of effort to make something like this. I appreciate any support people are willing to provide so I can continue improving it.

[–] benjaminoakes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I've made some updates. There are many perspectives to view a guide like this. I hope there are some improvements to the self-hosting perspective. https://getoffpocket.com/

[–] benjaminoakes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

You have some good feedback. Thanks for taking the time to provide it.

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

lizardsocket.seks

My treat.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 weeks ago

I was going to say. This is neat, but it's not what getoffpocket.com had, last time I shopped there!

[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This isn't analogous to RSS. I've been using RSS for more than twenty years. I've been using Pocket to save web pages for eleven years (migrated to Wallabag). RSS is great for catching new info. Read-it-later services are great for storing information.

[–] benjaminoakes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Certainly RSS adjacent! Definitely different purposes, as you've described. Wallabag and FreshRSS are a nice combination.

[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I use bookmarks for that. All the browsers I use support them.

[–] benjaminoakes@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

You can certainly do that, but read-it-later apps offer offline reading and other features that many people enjoy. It could be worth a second look, but if you have something that works for you, that's great

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Bookmarks lead to dead sites. Read-it-later services store content. I went to send a link to a friend last week and the source was gone. Luckily, I had the content stored and was able to copy / paste the original info to my friend after the domain expired. A bookmark doesn't get the old data.

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought Omnivore was sold.

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

[–] benjaminoakes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Very attractive page. I'll check it out more when I have some free time. Fwiw, I went from Pocket to Wallabag. Still too new to comment on how the two compare. Import to Wallabag appears to have been a completely smooth transition (once I regained access to my Pocket account). This was when exporting from Pocket and importing to Wallabag. Trying to do it with the Pocket APIs failed every time.

[–] benjaminoakes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Glad to hear you're trying Wallabag! I made this tool that could be helpful for others in your situation: https://benjaminoakes.github.io/pocket-to-wallabag/ It sidesteps the Pocket API entirely.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Good look! Might I suggest it would look better with the pocket logo being next to the "Get off pocket" text instead of below.

[–] benjaminoakes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'll think about that. It's to the right on desktop, but it's not quite as nice on mobile, is it.