{"id":22121,"date":"2018-07-16T16:33:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T20:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=22121"},"modified":"2019-01-23T14:37:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T19:37:48","slug":"instapaper-is-going-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/16\/instapaper-is-going-independent\/","title":{"rendered":"Instapaper Is Going Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.instapaper.com\/post\/175953870856\">Instapaper<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=17542556\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/blog.instapaper.com\/post\/175953870856\">\n<p>Today, we&rsquo;re announcing that Pinterest has entered into an agreement to transfer ownership of Instapaper to Instant Paper, Inc., a new company owned and operated by the same people who&rsquo;ve been working on Instapaper since it was <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2013\/04\/25\/betaworks-instapaper\/\">sold to betaworks by Marco Arment<\/a> in 2013.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcoarment\/status\/1018895410486808583\">Marco Arment<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcoarment\/status\/1018895410486808583\"><p>I bet this is very good news for the future of Instapaper.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenVerburg\/status\/1018896581670653952\">Kenneth Verburg<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenVerburg\/status\/1018896581670653952\">\n<p>No mention of GDPR support and EU users still blocked :(<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously: <a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/24\/pinterest-acquires-instapaper\/\">Pinterest Acquires Instapaper<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Update (2018-07-17): <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexeheath\/status\/1018903893814775810\">Alex Heath<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexeheath\/status\/1018903893814775810\">\n<p>The two employees Pinterest brought on from the Instapaper acquisition will continue working at Pinterest and run Instapaper independently on the side.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pxlnv.com\/linklog\/instapaper-instant-paper\/\">Nick Heer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/pxlnv.com\/linklog\/instapaper-instant-paper\/\"><p>I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s a great sign when a product is transferred from an official offering to something akin to a hobby.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instapaper (Hacker News): Today, we&rsquo;re announcing that Pinterest has entered into an agreement to transfer ownership of Instapaper to Instant Paper, Inc., a new company owned and operated by the same people who&rsquo;ve been working on Instapaper since it was sold to betaworks by Marco Arment in 2013. 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