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I can only imagine they dropped the $2.99/mo fee when Pinterest bought it b/c the numbers were inconsequential.

Now that they will need income, they must be betting on the numbers being robust enough to support a team of 5.

But I'm genuinely not sure if I'd pony up when they start charging again.

I am fine with paying a reasonable subscription fee for Instapaper. Privacy – if guaranteed – has its value too. (At the moment, Instapaper blocks EU users because it’s obvious violating the GDPR, that’s troublesome …)

I used to be a free plan user and happy with it. The paid features (search I guess) were fine, but unnessential.

If they come back with the same feature distribution I would keep being a free user.

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