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getoffpocket.com, my guide to Pocket alternatives, just got a redesign (getoffpocket.com)
submitted 20 hours ago by benjaminoakes@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I previously posted this at https://lemmy.world/post/30816595

I really appreciate all the feedback from the community! I haven't had time to address everything yet, but I thought I'd share the redesign as I continue to make this a useful tool for everyone who needs to find a new home for their articles. For anyone who saw the old version, I think you'll agree it has come a long way!

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

Sponsored, using affiliate links and accepting donations? Somebody better fork this guide before the GitHub gets yanked

Edit: Okay, after looking around at this, something seems... off. Linking to getoffpocket.com?by=lemmy was odd already, but then I noticed that every single service here appears to have a referral link. Even the OneNote link has a referral code stapled onto it:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onenote/digital-note-taking-app?rby=getoffpocket.com%2Fproprietary%2Fmicrosoft-onenote%2F

For some reason, those same UTM links are used for everything, including links to GitHub?
How about no extra query parameters at all?

I'm also surprised there's not even a passing mention to Obsidian and Evernote.

I think I'll stick to searching out my own recs on AlternativeTo

[–] benjaminoakes@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

It takes a lot of effort to make something like this. I appreciate any support people are willing to provide so I can continue improving it.

[–] benjaminoakes@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

You have some good feedback. Thanks for taking the time to provide it.

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Great, you stole my domain. Now I have to come up with a whole new brand for my new line of travel sized fleshlights.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

lizardsocket.seks

My treat.

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I thought Omnivore was sold.

Also, isn’t pocket being renamed to something? Odd having it listed as an “alternative” to itself!

[–] benjaminoakes@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Thanks for the feedback!

Omnivore is still around as an open source project. There's no official hosting. That may need to be represented better.

As far as I know Pocket is completely shutting down. It would be big news if it isn't. I heard some things about someone buying it, but the Pocket website hasn't been updated in a couple weeks since I heard that first.

It's a good point about Pocket being listed. There are some plans to make it easier to compare alternatives to Pocket and that's why it's there. A bit of a partially finished thought right now, given that I pulled that out of what was released. I'll look at hiding it.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago

Good look! Might I suggest it would look better with the pocket logo being next to the "Get off pocket" text instead of below.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 46 minutes ago

Very attractive page. I'll check it out more when I have some free time. Fwiw, I went from Pocket to Wallabag. Still too new to comment on how the two compare. Import to Wallabag appears to have been a completely smooth transition (once I regained access to my Pocket account). This was when exporting from Pocket and importing to Wallabag. Trying to do it with the Pocket APIs failed every time.