Amen. Now if only I could execute this plan.
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Just heard that Instapaper will be replacing Pocket support on the Kobo.
In case this is of interest: I created an open source Readwise Reader plugin for KOReader.
KOReader is an open source alternative to the native e-reader software. There’s more about KOReader here and here. Basically the setup process is very complicated, but the pay off is far more flexibility. It works well on Kobo and most devices. The situation on Kindle is more complicated.
Today I discovered the flaw in my otherwise flawless plan… I had free electricity for an hour (we have bad weather and it’s very windy) so I decided to charge all my devices. This included my e-reader, which has been ignored for the last month. GoodLinks is Apple only, and Apple still hasn’t gifted humanity with an e-ink device 
I’ve never used Raindrop but a quick skim of the website says it supports Android and browser use so I will have a look at it.
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There is no tech product I want more then an Apple Eink device loaded with Apple’s in-house productivity apps.
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Same, it would probably be the first Apple device I ever queue to get immediately on release. I really dislike having to use Android on one device, I hate the lack of compatibility with some of my apps (I’m not blaming the apps, the issue really is Apple not supporting e-ink!). And as I was looking for solutions to read-it-later apps last night, I was also reminded how difficult it is managing passwords across iOS and Android (slowly typing in 16-character strings of gibberish into an e-ink screen is an annoying experience).
Raindrop is out anyway, it wouldn’t let me set it up without disabling my VPN, which made me wary before I’d even tested it. I’m stalled on Apple-Android compatibility for now and will continue my GoodLinks experiment since I don’t have a better idea.
Since I’ve been using the New Reeder, I don’t need a “read later” app. I just save to read later and get up to date in the weekend.
Less is more. 
Fully agree! And at a sub-iPad price. And while I’m fantasizing: devices (including macs!) with a display that could be switched to a passive illumination/e-ink mode.
GoodLinks. Simple. Efficient. Cost effective.
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Which RSS reader do you use with GoodLinks?
I’ve always used Reeder Classic. Again no fuss, no issues and one time payment!
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I’ve lost track of who has tried what in here, but give NetNewsWire a look. Very light/simple — works great!
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chiming in with News Explorer for RSS (+ other types of feeds). I’ve been using it for probably a decade. Incredibly responsive dev.
I also use News Explorer, and it serves me well. I’ll add two caveats: my RSS needs are modest and I get it via SetApp.
I’m moving towards this setup too… do you use de “read later” feature on Reeder Classic? Or just GoodLinks?
I use GoodLinks for all my web pages, online articles, anything that catches my eye but I haven’t got time for/want to show more attention to. Or for anything that doesn’t have a good rss feed. Then I use Reeder Classic with all my rss feeds that are known good and not trying to send me to the actual website to finish reading!
You can also link this in nicely with MacSpark’s Link-O-Rama shortcut to make adding things here there and everywhere a breeze!
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That’s a great workflow. Thanks!
The thread is back! I’ve been too busy to work on my read later system, but before I switched context , I tried Linkding, Readlater, and Wallbag for read it later services. I’m “using” Wallabag now since it seemed the best and also I ran out of time
to try other tools.
For RSS, I still use self-hosted FreshRSS on the backend and Reeder for the front end.
I access read later and rss from multiple Apple accounts , so I cannot use any tools that tie their configuration and syncing to my Apple id.
If I get some time, I want to try out raindrop.io. But at the moment I am trying to get time to read then Web articles that I saved in my read later queue!
I love ‘lire’ for my big iPad Pro, but kind of annoying on my iPad mini … so I gave NetNewsWire a go and is perfect for the mini. Thanks for recommendation!
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I’ve been on Pocket for years. I replaced it with Goodlinks. I like it much better than Pocket as it fixes a flaw that really annoyed me. I use the Flipboard app to curate a lot of my news. When I saved something to Flipboard to Pocket, all I would up with was a link. Goodlinks actually saves the content in most cases. An added bonus is that it bypasses some paywalls (like CNN).
One unexpected win for me with GoodLinks is how good the share function is on iPad (and on Mac, but it really shines on iPad). I was bad at tagging items when I added them to Reader because it felt like a faff, but for some reason in the GoodLinks share screen it feels like a natural step (and you can disable the function entirely if you don’t want it when saving!). And even better, when you go to write the tag on iPad, the predictive text menu shows your last used tags so you can just click the one you need! So simple!
I’ve made an Apple shortcut for a specific tag I need a lot which eliminates this journey entirely (also amazing), but I don’t think I’ve added any links so far without tagging (my 2000+ untagged items in Reader are sighing a bit).