Comment by mcgrath_sh
2 years ago
I have requested my full archive download a couple of times over the last year and haven't been able to get it, which stinks. I keep trying to figure out a migration plan, but it seems daunting, especially with so many archived bookmarks. I love the service and want to keep using it, but the inability to get a backup archive makes me nervous.
Yep, stopped working for me years ago. Had to contact The Guy personally every single time, because my archive grew to 20GB. He’s not responsive for years tho :(
How are others storing their bookmarks now? I've moved to Google Sheets for some cases, but it's much less powerful
Raindrop is fantastic: https://raindrop.io/.
$28/year, also "AI Suggestions" is the first item on the "Pro" features list.
I'm sure it's a fine CRUD app but I don't really hold hope for it being a long term success.
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I migrated from pinboard to raindrop this year, can confirm.
I was on Pinboard's lifetime plan. No subscription, just a single payment of $15 back who knows when. A few years ago I was asked if I wouldn't rather pay $5 per month instead, and declined. I wonder if all the outages and throttling were a result of underestimating the running costs.
Regardless, service quality had declined to such levels that I switched to raindrop this year. Ironically, raindrop is free to use, and may run into the same issue eventually.
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I also migrated from Pinboard to Raindrop and can confirm it's a great service, is updated regularly and while I've generally not received quick responses to questions or feedback, I do eventually. It's also worth mentioning that at least for iOS and MacOS, it has nice integrations that work well, which I could never say about Pinboard.
I can vouch for that. I have been using it for many years.
I self host with linkding[1].
[1]: https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding
Firefox native bookmarks
My password manager doubles as my bookmark manager. I mean, it's already doing the one job on it's way to doing the other, so..
What do you do with, say, an article linked from HN that you want to refer to in future?
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I got Anybox[0] with the lifetime subscription (40$) and have been happy with it (Only for Apple devices unfortunately)
I can choose to automatically download a web archive when I bookmark. Also has a trial version. Can be a bit overwhelming to set things up. But works seamlessly once done.
[0] https://anybox.app/
Zotero with the browser plugin
I’d never considered using a reference manager for bookmarks but looking at the feature set, it’s kinda perfect
Homebuilt tool. Started when the Pocket BS in FF happened, just kept playing with it. It's a PWA/Share Target on mobile and an extension in my browser.
Downside is I have to be online to use it.