• @Adda
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    53 years ago

    The thing I really do not like about Pocket is the fact there have been years of promises to open-source its code. As far as I know, it is purposely swept away every time (I believe they will never open-source the code because then it would be obvious they sell your data to make profit – all my theory here, have no proof of that). Because of this, I think I cannot trust Pocket and the team behind it. Finding my way around that, I have been using xBrowserSync (Firefox add-on to sync bookmarks) for bookmarking articles to read in the future with adding a special tag (usually todo – general tag for doing something with the bookmark in the future – and article – the bookmark is an article to read – in my case) to the bookmark so every time I feel like reading, I search for that tag in the bookmarks and get my stored articles. The advantage for me this has is having stored articles available on all of my devices (desktop, notebook, phone and tablet – as all my other bookmarks). xBrowserSync works spectacularly for me and because I use it anyway for syncing bookmarks, storing articles is just a great bonus on top of that. Thinking about that, rather than using Pocket, I would use Wallabag if I must choose one, but I find myself content with my current setup, so I have never really paid much attention to these applications as I simply do not need them. Glad Pocket works for you, though.