> This is not a quick read, so it’s a good opportunity
> to try a read-later method such as Safari’s Reading
> List, which Apple invented completely on their own.
This bit of sarcasm is definitely not towing the Apple Groupthink line.
I think he's just pointing out that "read later" style bookmarks/link sites have been around for a long time, much longer than instapaper, as a matter of fact.
I don't think there have been services like Instapaper around "much longer than Instapaper." I'm not sure Instapaper was the first of its kind, but it was certainly one of the first.
