getoffpocket.com, my guide to Pocket alternatives, just got a redesign (getoffpocket.com)

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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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[-] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Edit:

this site is mostly ads now

Only 4 of the original 22 options are still on the homepage
Two (50%) are hosted via sponsor CloudBreak
One (25%) is hosted via sponsor Sunya
The "get started" links mostly (75%) point to Stripe checkout pages

OP, is this a joke?

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

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I've made some updates. There are many perspectives to view a guide like this. I hope there are some improvements to the self-hosting perspective. https://getoffpocket.com/

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah I'm sketched out that it shows only paid monthly subscription options even for open source self hosted options that you probably don't need to pay a penny for

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

If you were sketched out before, look again. It got so much worse, I had to update my post.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Yep I knew it would be about this, anything for a buck, I wonder how much he made from these links

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 days 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.

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