Nope. Just a bunch of tabs and bookmarks, don’t need anything else.
No, I’ve never really understood the point. I have bookmarks in my browser if I want to save something for later. I don’t really need anything more fancy than that.
I use Inoreader to read RSS feeds of my favorite sources, and I save interesting articles to Pocket. I use the tagging feature and sync my Pocket entries to an Obsidian vault using an extension. It creates a web of information I found valuable enough to save, connected by tag. It helps me see trends and topics I’m interested in emerge over time
Came here to say the exact same thing. People really do love to reinvent browser bookmarks.
I think most people these days don’t use browser bookmarks as a “check this out later” tool, and instead as more of a “I frequently need to access this page” function. For me, I only bookmark a page if it’s something I frequently access; things like my email, Lemmy, some work apps, etc. In my use-case, bookmarks are a more “permanent” installation to my browser.
Also, “read later” apps generally strip the web page formatting and advertisements, and usually have an offline function of some sort; both of which you typically can’t do with bookmarks. These are especially useful for those who like to read on their commute.
I think most people these days don’t use browser bookmarks as a “check this out later” tool, and instead as more of a “I frequently need to access this page” function.
So what’s preventing those people from using bookmarks as “check this out later” tool? The personal preference of using an app that reinvented those same bookmarks? Just create a “read-it-later” later directory and boom, you’re good to go.
Also, “read later” apps generally strip the web page formatting and advertisements, and usually have an offline function of some sort; both of which you typically can’t do with bookmarks.
Yeah, because these are features typically provided by your browser. Hence, browser bookmarks. It’s not a unique feature to read-it-later apps in any way.
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I use Wallabag in the sense that I save articles to it, but I only really read them when I don’t have service or on my e-reader
Yes I use pocket and am fairly satisfied.
Why do I use it? Well, I have been using it for about 6 years, was the first thing to work fine in my mobile, don’t want to install another extension in ff, hate bookmark handling by ff (at least in mobile), and want to push myself in reading.
Although I nowadays see too much american articles in pocket to be relevant for me.
I’ve been using Instapaper for years. It does the job.
I use Readeck which has a few extra features over Pocket and bookmarks: offline copy, sharable link to said copy, highlights, bookmarks collection and the ability to export saved articles to ebook. Oh and it’s self-hostable.
Personnaly, I mostly use it to bookmark and highlight articles I have read, with some bookmarked to read later.
I scroll through arstechnica headlines and save to pocket the most interesting ones. When I am in the bathroom or having a snack I can choose from my saves which article I’d like to read, instead of mindlessly scrolling, and the saves indicate estimated reading time in minutes so I can pick the perfect article to match the amount of time I plan to spend. Best of all, the articles are saved in a minimalist text-only format, stripping out all ads and other garbage. It even bypasses some paywalls, like the login prompt on seekingalpha.
Neither, especially with Pocket. There’s something about an add-on integrated into a browser that makes me worry about privacy. I hate how pocket is bundled in Firefox and take great pleasure in disabling it in the browser’s config file. If it was something that could be downloaded on your own I might have had a different opinion about it. I just make a bookmark folder for articles I want to read later. It takes a few extra seconds to store and access but I think it’s worth it.
I’ve used most of the options for this and regardless of the tool I do a terrible job of actually coming back and reading anything in them. Instapaper would probably be my vote for the one I used the most though, connected to my kindle it was nice when I used to travel and could catch up on stuff on the plane. These days I use Inoreader for consuming feeds and it also has a good read later function.
