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Well, first off, being a larger operation certainly doesn't prevent shutdown. Although it may add some peace of mind, there's a risk in trusting any third-party service provider.

Secondly, you can easily make use of the API to backup your bookmarks [1]. A simple cronjob can make a daily repo of everything, just in case.

I've been using Pinboard for about two years now, and I love it. It's simple, easy to use, and does what I want--and nothing more.

1: https://pinboard.in/api/



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Exactly, Pinboard has a pretty good API, so you can handle the backups yourself without too much trouble.

I came across a post [1] with a backup script. It refers to another link [2] that shows you can just use a simple curl and get all of your data.

[1] http://alexwlchan.net/2013/03/pinboard-backups/

[2] http://supersoju.com/blog/2013/04/01/pinboard-backups-in-1-l...


Thanks guys, that makes sense. The 1 line curl backup looks nifty.

Going to look into this a bit more. Should improve on my current local bookmarks + external backup setup, without involving Google or any other data mining cloud service.


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