Content scrapping // Adsense // people just skipping ads
Been a pocket user for quite a while and loving it BUT I'm a well behaved user. It helps me to KEEP archive of good content, mostly science, electronic projects and medicine discoveries. Still, I don't like what FF did integrating it with the browser. Yes pocket has been here for a while and most of what has been said is true
but this I believe changes the game: the underestimation or showing less than kind respect towards other people content. Worked on a media company and this is too attractive for lazy reporters, but this is more a human thing than a tech thing, still... do you see the point of giving razors to everyone? it's a tool, yes, just like a knife.
Kinda difficult to address all that's been said. While I agree with Tangor, this is not exactly accurate:
Tangor: User can't use Pocket UNLESS THEY ARE ALREADY ON YOUR PAGE
There is article "A" with inner links about meaning, complements, etc. Navigation is stripped, ads are also stripped BUT once the article has been included on pocket, links can be used to "add to pocket" without leaving the app on your tablet and without even using the browser.
Sounds like a minor thing... but good webmasters know the importance of inner links tying your own content, expanding meanings and references. Thus, someone who uses this good techniques (also qualify as usability techniques) are fried, well if not fried deeply hurt because it hits exactly where it hurts, on a good practice that really takes time.
For those who think this is a minor thing, there are good articles and discussions here on WebmasterWorld revealing how important this is and then get a picture on how much work it takes, inner links are not just that, it takes adding title and / or alts, take a GOOD article and guess, it has or at least needs 5 to 10 words with references on your own site. Got it? hurts, so much care so a new tool helps people to keep stealing content? I will keep using this features on my sites but hoping not everyone crosses the bridge and start massively using this tool.
Oh and about ads, being on your site already, it's true but consider the online newspaper model ads-based. With pocket it's easy to get your own day newspaper without even seeing the ads or wasting time because usually, those sites are heavy, slow and loaded with extra stuff.
I might be wrong but, a good fast site, built to last and giving that strong impression, might also give very few reasons to skip navs and use reader views, if we keep sites readable I don't think we should worry much. Just my two cents, can't talk all I think right now so I might fail but that's the main idea.
Firefox Updates Itself With Pocket Integration, Reader View & Firefox
