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The biggest problem for Marco is that adding articles to Instapaper on your iOS devices is difficult. Adding a bookmarklet on iOS takes 3 or more steps that were difficult even for a grizzled nerd like me. Reading List has absolutely no such friction on any Apple platform.

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Did you know that you can also add articles on iOS by copying the URL and opening the Instapaper app? I didn't realize that there was a way to add a bookmarklet to mobile Safari, and I discovered the clipboard method by accident. Not that I use it often, but when I do, it's good enough.

I've accidentally activated that feature many times :-)

As an aside, I really wish Apple would make it easier to add bookmarklets to Safari on iOS. It'd be useful for more than just Instapaper.

I've never needed to add an article to Instapaper from my iOS device, but that's just me. I use Instapaper to sync things I want to read from my laptop to my multiple devices. At least in the near term, I doubt Reading List will do the things I want to do as well as Instapaper.

I wouldn't expect Reading List to take many Instapaper users away, and I think it will drive not-insignificant numbers from Reading List to Instapaper as people want an upgrade. Net gain for Instapaper, hopefully.

I'm the same way. The value prop of Instapaper for me is, "allows me not to read things I would otherwise feel compelled to waste time reading, while at my computer".

I add articles from my iPhone all the time, but rarely through Safari. The vast majority of my articles come from apps that have Instapaper built in, such as Twitter and Alien Blue. This is one advantage that Instapaper has, although I would assume that most apps will build in Reading List integration, as well.

The other big advantage that Instapaper has (which will keep me using it) is Kindle integration. I much prefer to read long articles on my Kindle over any other platform.

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