"But, when Mozilla announced in late May that it was shutting down the read-it-later app in July, the Kobo community was left in a bit of a lurch. To the company's credit, in late July, it announced that it would be replacing Pocket with another stalwart of the scene, Instapaper. And, just a month after that, support is already live and available as a free firmware update for all currently supported Kobo readers"
"If you've been on the hunt for a Pocket replacement ahead of all your data disappearing on October 8th, Instapaper now seems like the clear front runner if you're a Kobo user, especially since you don't need an Instapaper Premium subscription to take advantage. Hopefully the partnership will prove more fruitful than the one with Mozilla which hadn't seen any significant improvements in years and was nearly killed off in 2023."
Kobo e-readers have long offered Pocket integration. Mozilla announced in late May that Pocket would shut down in July, leaving Kobo users uncertain. Kobo announced in late July that it would replace Pocket with Instapaper. Support for Instapaper became available a month later as a free firmware update for all currently supported Kobo readers. Instapaper functions without requiring an Instapaper Premium subscription. The partnership aims to provide a stable read-it-later option for Kobo users ahead of Pocket's October 8th data shutdown, and hopes exist that this integration will be more actively maintained than the previous Pocket implementation.
Read at The Verge
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