A popular Instapaper feature may soon start costing Kindle users

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TL;DR

• Send to Kindle will become a Premium-only Instapaper feature starting February 19.
• An Instapaper representative confirmed details on Reddit, citing the ongoing costs of Amazon’s email-based Kindle delivery.
• Instapaper Premium currently costs $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year.

Instapaper users may soon need to pay extra to keep sending saved articles directly to their Kindle devices. Users report receiving an email from Instapaper announcing that its Send to Kindle feature will become exclusive to the service’s Premium subscription starting February 19.

News of the update also made its way to Reddit, where an Instapaper representative also joined the discussion to offer additional context around the decision. According to the company, the move is tied to the ongoing costs of maintaining Kindle delivery.




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