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by incision 5019 days ago
It's pretty disingenuous to equate the two that way.

There's no reason to believe that Instapaper won't or doesn't already do everything that you're suggesting Pocket could do.

As it stands:

Pocket (Free), Instapaper ($3.99/$2.99)

Pocket (No ads), Instapaper (ads)

Pocket (Free API), Instapaper (Subscription fee for some API functions)
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connortomas 5019 days ago
The difference, as far as I see it, is that Pocket makes being free a selling point, whereas Instapaper users are used to paying for features. Instapaper can continue to exist without substantially shifting business models for the foreseeable future - Pocket can't.

Unless I'm missing something?

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