As a long-time ReadItLater user, I'm not too impressed with the "Pocket" rebranding ("Read It Later" made it obvious what it did) but the new iOS app solves most of the issues I had with it (it auto-resolve bit.ly links, pulls in titles even if the client app didn't add them, etc). And it looks much better.
Readability still has a more readable text-only view but I assume Pocket could just tweak the CSS (slightly larger font, larger line height).
I am worried that everything is free now. I preferred to live under the impression/illusion that my money had gone to fund the infinite existence of the service. Now it's totally at the mercy of investors / potential buyers.
I don't worry about Google (the search engine product) or Gmail because they're core products of profitable company.
I don't worry about Facebook because I wish it would die (but it's also making money — enough? Maybe/maybe not).
I do worry about Twitter because it's a very useful service to me (making friends and connections) but they've done nothing to ensure their continued existence.
Readability still has a more readable text-only view but I assume Pocket could just tweak the CSS (slightly larger font, larger line height).
I am worried that everything is free now. I preferred to live under the impression/illusion that my money had gone to fund the infinite existence of the service. Now it's totally at the mercy of investors / potential buyers.