Erin KissaneOct 29, 2024
I'd sure love to pay a tech co-op $25/month to host and sync a knowledge-workers stack including an open-source read-later + Obsidian or equivalent + Zotero + simple blogging with blot or something
Show threadErin KissaneOct 29, 2024

Today's screams brought to you by Omnivore (open source) giving its entire hosted userbase two weeks to get their data out before they exuberantly drown themselves in the service of an Andreessen Horowitz-funded AI voice company co-founded by a Palantir person.

https://blog.omnivore.app/p/omnivore-is-joining-elevenlabs

(The two weeks' notice went to my spam folder, so I'm grateful someone mentioned it here and I happened to see it.)

Omnivore is joining ElevenLabs

a note from our founders

Omnivore Blog
Show threadvastaOct 29, 2024
@kissane Curious what you’ll use as your read-it-later solution now; I’ve been soliciting recommendations on where to go now that Omnivore is done. If you do find a good solution, please do share!
Show threadWill Hopkins 🌈📸Oct 29, 2024

@vasta @kissane Unclear how broad you're casting your net, so if you don't want other folks to weigh in I'll delete this.

That said, I've been looking Wallabag or similar options via PikaPods. It's not a 100% hosted solution so may not meet your needs, but this whole thing leaves such a bad taste in my mouth that I am scared of hosted options now.

Show threadStryder Notavi

@willhopkins @vasta @kissane I'm using Wallabag on Pikapods at the moment and it's decent, but does have problems with some sites that use anti-bot protections.

I'm tempted to give Readeck a try, since that apparently captures the content from your browser instead of sending a separate request - which should be a bit more robust for the modern web.

Oct 29, 2024 at 10:13pmWeb
Show threadWill Hopkins 🌈📸Oct 29, 2024
@StryderNotavi removing the others so as not to spam them: Readadeck looked really interesting, and I agree on the relative robustness. I'm using linkding at the moment for my bookmarking there, and they have some Internet Archive options for archiving, but not local.
Show threadvastaOct 30, 2024
@StryderNotavi That’s definitely the first I’ve heard of Readeck, so I’m putting it on the list of things to try. Thanks!
Show threadBlake Naccarato Nov 8, 2024

@StryderNotavi
@willhopkins @vasta @kissane

Here's a bunch of posts about it that I snipped while searching for Omnivore alternatives myself.

I am now using the official Obsidian Web Clipper on desktop and mobile (Firefox extension for mobile), but haven't found an equivalent newsletter handler to Omnivore, which gave you an email address to automatically receive newsletters for you outside of your inbox.

https://gist.github.com/blakeNaccarato/fa948dd94590fb871dec5fd4cf763133

Omnivore acquisition

Omnivore acquisition. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

Gist
Show threadvastaNov 8, 2024
@blakeNaccarato This is useful, thank you so much!
Show threadWill Hopkins 🌈📸Nov 8, 2024
@blakeNaccarato @StryderNotavi @vasta @kissane thank you for sharing this!