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Even though I have a firefox account, I'm glad I have moved off Pocket (to Readwise Reader).

I don't want all my accounts joined. I don't want a threat model where being locked out of one service takes down everything, especially when that service has no support. This applies to gmail and Mozilla equally.

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I don't see it either for 108 USD/year. I get that they need to pay for servers, for developers and etc, but I pay less for Spotify and somehow they manage to license vast amount of content.

Well, Spotify does it by underpaying artists.

Do Pocket/Mozilla have artists to pay?

Don't know. I'd think they pay the original sources. Agreed that the cost seems out of alignment, but they're also working with a much smaller user base than Spotify. A small profit margin on tens of millions of users gets you a lot more money than a small profit margin on tens of thousands (numbers made up). So maybe it's actually a very fair price and Spotify's is not, which we know it's not.

It will be $8 a month if you signup during the beta and pay yearly. Seems kinda steep if you're just using Pocket as a "read later" tool that scrapes the page.

Readwise is absolutely high end power user software, and not just a "read it later" service. If you need it's features, it's worth it. I really like all of my highlights syncing to my obsidian notes, the ability to use a single source for rss/epubs/webpages/pdf/etc and having an AI assistant to throw at tasks.

If you want a free, more direct pocket clone, check out wallabag: https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag

Alright, I interpreted their page as if it was a different service with a separate subscription.

Readwise looks really good, but I have a hard time understanding the value proposition. For the full application with the Readwise Reader it is 9 dollars a month. Then again its certainly worth more than a blue check-mark.

I recently switched after years of using Pocket. The first thing that made me switch was Pocket rebuilt their iOS app but with only a few of the features. Many things, such as highlighting, were left out and support says they will be built sometime later.

The second is the parsing seems to work much better.

Also, I can subscribe to RSS feeds or sign up to email newsletters so that they go directly to Readwise Reader.

Adding on to what other user said, Readwise has GPT summary option for every article, inbuilt natural language narrator, support for epub files, and lot more. You can also save individual highlights and notes with each save. They also have very responsive developers and a very handy newsletter they send to users to keep them apprised of what is happening behind the scenes. Not to mention a brilliant iOS app.

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