Pocket is Shutting Down: Guide to Open Source Alternatives
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Still a work in progress, but even at this stage, I hope it can help you and anyone you know who has been affected by the Pocket shutdown.

  • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
    14·
    3 days ago

    The only reason I used Pocket was to save longer articles, ebooks, journals, etc with one click so they would sync with the free p2k (Pocket2Kindle) service and automatically end up on my Kindle. Is there anything similar?

    • redshift@lemmy.mlEnglish
      7·
      3 days ago

      That’s exactly what I used it for, and the best alternative is Instapaper. Their free version does a bit more than p2k. They’ve jacked up the price of their paid option, but since I only care about the Kindle feature, I live without it.

    • benjaminoakes@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Good question! I know Wallabag has some eReader integrations through KOReader. People on Kobo devices seem to like it especially. There may be other options too. I’ll look at this some more! I’d appreciate anyone sharing details that they know too.

      • Darren@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        I set up Wallabag on my Kobo last week and really don’t like it when compared with the default Pocket implementation. Having to mess about getting it set up, and having to install KOReader just to replicate a function I already had and used extensively is irritating as hell. And it’s not as good either.

        Fuck Mozilla. They didn’t have to buy Pocket, and they didn’t have to shut it down. The pricks.

    • TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      I always forget the Kindle has a basic web browser. In lieu of a sync service/native apps, I wonder if any of these alternatives would work decently enough in the Kindle web browser with Article Mode.

      And for what it’s worth, I use this Firefox extension to send articles directly to my Kindle without Pocket/any service in the middle.

      • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        No, it shows up as a downloaded book, no browser required! Well, you have to be connected to Wi-Fi (or have the mobile version) to “Whispersync” initially, but once it’s on there, you can read it offline, delete it, send it to the cloud, etc. It does open the browser if you want to archive or favorite it to your Pocket account, but you could do that when you have service again, or just not use that functionality…

        • TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          Yeah, the Firefox extension I linked works the same way. I was just thinking out loud about the other alternatives and whether that approach would be feasible, but you’re right it does have the connection requirement.