Pocket Premium for 5$ a month - is it worth it?

Lady Stardust · 05-30-2014, 04:33 AM

Pocket has started Premium subscription service for $5/month or $44.99/year.
I started using Pocket only recently, and I like it. I don't know if this is happening only with me and I am doing something wrong, but since they introduced Premium service I am no longer able to save pages as articles i.e. only links get saved. My previous articles are all there.
So, do you think it's worth subscribing? Will you do it? I am seriously considering if $44.99/year for permanent archive is a bit too much?
From Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/28/57...manent-digital

copyrite · 05-30-2014, 05:03 AM

Hm... just checked... and I'm still saving article content.

Alfy · 05-30-2014, 05:07 AM

I don't think it's worth it. I fully understand they want to better monetize their product, especially as it seems to have won the "war" against other similar apps. But I am dead against the newer trend in monthly fees, and Pocket just does not do enough to warrant such an investment.

Josieb1 · 05-30-2014, 06:27 AM

I love Pocket and have tons of articles saved but I don't use it much anymore and certainly wouldn't consider paying a subscription for it.

Jessica Lares · 05-30-2014, 09:40 AM

I looked into archiving articles and websites earlier this month.

You want to stay away from automatic tagging. It causes you to not put a lot of effort into it initially, and you end up tagging 10+ things to everything. This makes it hard to manage later on. You then have a 50,000+ tag cloud, and it'll be either very complex/vague and "un-human".

Evernote has search, and it's free. You can make a few Notebooks, clip with a bookmarklet, or send PDF copies to it, and mark them up. Or you can just copy and paste stuff.

If you like Pocket, keep using it, but look into the IFTTT actions that you can use with it and Evernote and some of the other services:
https://ifttt.com/connect/pocket/evernote

Dr. Drib · 05-30-2014, 10:24 AM

I wouldn't pay anything for it.

Perhaps they should pay me?

eschwartz · 05-30-2014, 04:53 PM

All this is is a new feature. I am perfectly happy with the way I've been using Pocket so far, and am not afraid of dying links.

+1 Pocket for finding what seems to be a very reasonable freemium strategy. But I don't need the extras.

From the article:

Quote:

The primary use of Pocket has been save items to read a few hours or days later, and it's not clear how much appetite there is for a feature that becomes really useful only when the original link dies.

Just so long as they don't remove any free features, I'm good.

speakingtohe · 05-30-2014, 08:29 PM

I wouldn't pay $5 a month. maybe $5 a year if they had something like tabs and sorting etc. Still I like pocket for recipes.

Helen

shanghaichica · 05-31-2014, 05:34 AM

I wouldn't pay for it. It's a useful app but I don't use that much to justify paying a subscription.

jersysman · 06-04-2014, 10:43 AM

I really don't use it much. When it was first offered on the Kobo, I used it and saved some articles. For me, the newness has died and it just wouldn't be worth the subscription price.

Angst · 06-08-2014, 12:03 AM

I mainly use pocket for the weekly email: here's what other users are saving to pocket. I've found some great articles this way. Otherwise, I'm not offline enough to take advantage of it.

FacebookVirus · 06-10-2014, 11:27 AM

I used pocket and really liked it, but now I just save as a PDF in Firefox. The $5 monthly fee wouldn't be worth it to me.

corroonb · 06-10-2014, 02:00 PM

I love Pocket but I really don't want to archive articles. The only exception to that might be articles from the London Review of Books but I doubt I'll let my subscription run out any time soon. It will probably be worth their while if 0.1% of users pay. LastPass do something similar where all the most important features are free but some useful ones are premium features.

Ken Maltby · 06-10-2014, 03:35 PM

Won't Evernote's Clearly do the same as Pocket?

Luck;
Ken

gabby98 · 06-10-2014, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

Won't Evernote's Clearly do the same as Pocket?

Luck;
Ken

IMO yes, and better - but from a mobile device, pocket works better (for me)...I still wouldn't pay $5 per mo though

05-30-2014, 04:33 AM	#1
Lady Stardust User Posts: 234 Karma: 3246802 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: Iphone, Kindle 3, PW1/2/3, KOA1/2/3, Aura HD/One/, Kobo Forma	Pocket Premium for 5$ a month - is it worth it? Pocket has started Premium subscription service for $5/month or $44.99/year. I started using Pocket only recently, and I like it. I don't know if this is happening only with me and I am doing something wrong, but since they introduced Premium service I am no longer able to save pages as articles i.e. only links get saved. My previous articles are all there. So, do you think it's worth subscribing? Will you do it? I am seriously considering if $44.99/year for permanent archive is a bit too much? From Verge http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/28/57...manent-digital

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05-30-2014, 05:03 AM	#2
copyrite Wizard Posts: 1,835 Karma: 4985051 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Maryland Device: Kindle	Hm... just checked... and I'm still saving article content.

05-30-2014, 05:07 AM	#3
Alfy Liseur de Bonne Aventure Posts: 374 Karma: 2176666 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Paris, France Device: PRS T1	I don't think it's worth it. I fully understand they want to better monetize their product, especially as it seems to have won the "war" against other similar apps. But I am dead against the newer trend in monthly fees, and Pocket just does not do enough to warrant such an investment.

05-30-2014, 06:27 AM	#4
Josieb1 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,082 Karma: 18051062 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Device: Kindle Scribe, Coloursoft, PW SE, Kindle 6, Kobo Libra Colour, Libra 2	I love Pocket and have tons of articles saved but I don't use it much anymore and certainly wouldn't consider paying a subscription for it.

05-30-2014, 09:40 AM	#5
Jessica Lares Wizard Posts: 2,240 Karma: 5759170 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Near Dallas, Texas, USA Device: iPad Mini, iPod Touch (5th gen)	I looked into archiving articles and websites earlier this month. You want to stay away from automatic tagging. It causes you to not put a lot of effort into it initially, and you end up tagging 10+ things to everything. This makes it hard to manage later on. You then have a 50,000+ tag cloud, and it'll be either very complex/vague and "un-human". Evernote has search, and it's free. You can make a few Notebooks, clip with a bookmarklet, or send PDF copies to it, and mark them up. Or you can just copy and paste stuff. If you like Pocket, keep using it, but look into the IFTTT actions that you can use with it and Evernote and some of the other services: https://ifttt.com/connect/pocket/evernote

05-30-2014, 10:24 AM	#6
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,328 Karma: 59447733 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	I wouldn't pay anything for it. Perhaps they should pay me?

05-30-2014, 08:29 PM	#8
speakingtohe Wizard Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet	I wouldn't pay $5 a month. maybe $5 a year if they had something like tabs and sorting etc. Still I like pocket for recipes. Helen

05-31-2014, 05:34 AM	#9
shanghaichica Guru Posts: 991 Karma: 5782970 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Scribe,Kindle Oasis 3, iPad Pro 11,15 Pro Max,iPad mini 7,colorsoft	I wouldn't pay for it. It's a useful app but I don't use that much to justify paying a subscription.

06-04-2014, 10:43 AM	#10
jersysman Wizard Posts: 1,747 Karma: 3761220 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Device: T1 Red, Kindle Fire, Kindle PW, PW2, Nook HD+, Kobo Mini, Aura HD	I really don't use it much. When it was first offered on the Kobo, I used it and saved some articles. For me, the newness has died and it just wouldn't be worth the subscription price.

06-08-2014, 12:03 AM	#11
Angst Cannon Fodder Posts: 2,869 Karma: 52253556 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Probably a library Device: PRS-350, Kindle DX, Kindle Paperwhite	I mainly use pocket for the weekly email: here's what other users are saving to pocket. I've found some great articles this way. Otherwise, I'm not offline enough to take advantage of it.

06-10-2014, 11:27 AM	#12
FacebookVirus Hybrid reader Posts: 161 Karma: 1132216 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2; Sony PRS-350	I used pocket and really liked it, but now I just save as a PDF in Firefox. The $5 monthly fee wouldn't be worth it to me.

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06-10-2014, 02:00 PM	#13
corroonb Addict Posts: 317 Karma: 1232685 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Ireland Device: Kindle Voyage, Kobo Aura, Nexus 9	I love Pocket but I really don't want to archive articles. The only exception to that might be articles from the London Review of Books but I doubt I'll let my subscription run out any time soon. It will probably be worth their while if 0.1% of users pay. LastPass do something similar where all the most important features are free but some useful ones are premium features.

06-10-2014, 03:35 PM	#14
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,466 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	Won't Evernote's Clearly do the same as Pocket? Luck; Ken