This is not a reader mode. You are literally building a beautifull ‘Read it later" app [1] around a reader mode, or is it a "News Reader" app? You choose.
If you position it this way, I think there is demand for an open source based, local-first option. You will have to differentiate yourself from others like memex.garden.
I can tell you: It is a hot thing right now. People in the tft/note-taking community just can't stop talking about Readwise [2] in twitter. And it is charging 5-10$ PER MONTH !. To be Fair, their app does a lot of things and does it right.
The prices will surely go down with competition, but I don’t think it is a Fad. As a business model, you can take some inspiration from the popular freemium open-source note-taking apps.
If you position it this way, I think there is demand for an open source based, local-first option. You will have to differentiate yourself from others like memex.garden.
I can tell you: It is a hot thing right now. People in the tft/note-taking community just can't stop talking about Readwise [2] in twitter. And it is charging 5-10$ PER MONTH !. To be Fair, their app does a lot of things and does it right.
The prices will surely go down with competition, but I don’t think it is a Fad. As a business model, you can take some inspiration from the popular freemium open-source note-taking apps.
[1] https://alternativeto.net/category/books--news/read-later/
[2] https://readwise.io/