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by apancik 3952 days ago
That is actually very interesting. I was wondering how Pocket (or any readitlater service) could operate if that was the case. I did this mostly for myself so didn't think about it much
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Well, in case of Pocket, I am personally hiring an agent to meddle with the frontend for me. It's like hiring a guy to read newspaper articles for me.

This, on the other hand, is a public facing open website. This is like reciting newspaper article over the radio so nobody has to buy the newspaper.

Pocket adds to my readers numbers, and locks them in. This service does the opposite for me. So it would be harder to tolerate the missing ad views.