Discussion · bonfire.cafe

⚠️ Important PSA about #Pocket ‼️

If you used Pocket to save interesting articles you found online, you may be aware that #Mozilla decided to shut down the app and discontinue support.

I vaguely remembered that date was July and had a mini-heart attack when I saw it was actually July 8.

Good news though: if you, like me, have hundreds of articles saved to Pocket, you have until October 8 to request an export of your data (I just did): https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/future-of-pocket

Next up: moving to @wallabag 🤗

martenson

@martenson@mastodon.world replied · 3 months ago

@_elena Why is mozilla killing a liked feature at the same time Chrome is introducing it (Reading List)? @wallabag

Stefan Bohacek

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online replied · 3 months ago

@_elena I'd also recommend checking out https://karakeep.app!

shom ✊🏽🐧📷🤿🏔️🪚

@shom@gts.shom.dev replied · 3 months ago

@_elena I was using Wallabag but switched to @readeck (available via YunoHost) and wrote about my journey.

I would encourage you to check out Readeck, it explicitly supports importing from Pocket. Highlights compared to Wallabag:

highlighting text and having them show up in one spot
saving a Mastodon thread
saving a video and automatically getting the transcript (so video topics show up in text search)
saving content behind login wall (you save what you see in your browser)
link sharing with the highlights

Solinvictus :vm:

@dminca@mastodontech.de replied · 3 months ago

@_elena I wasn’t even aware people are actually using this crap and now all of a sudden there’s a big fuss on the net about it shutting down 😂

Jen T 🎗

@wpcommaven@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@_elena Glad you were in time to export your data. 💪

Did this about a month ago and discovered that many articles were no longer online and weren't saved to my permanent (sic) Pocket library (paid subscription).

I viewed this as an opportunity to review why I was saving things and get zen about it. 🤔

J.A. Pipes ✅

@japipes@zirk.us replied · 3 months ago

@_elena @wallabag
I just recently converted to using @linkwarden too.

joene extra

@joeneXtra@todon.eu replied · 3 months ago

@japipes What's the difference between @wallabag and @linkwarden? I'm using #Wallabag for years now.

J.A. Pipes ✅

@japipes@zirk.us replied · 3 months ago

@joeneXtra
To me, the interface for LinkWarden looks a lot closer to Pocket, but the main reason I went with LinkWarden was I am self-hosting the server and I ran into issues configuring Wallabag. It also didn't import my Pocket links on the first try - not sure what the issue was there.