I just bought some pods. I have a front-loading washer. Not sure how well they'll work, but seems to be fine so far.
The convenience is nice, as is the clean-up (I somehow manage to occasionally drip detergent all over the place). But it's not like it was ever a big hassle to dump in an ounce of detergent to the dish. And at this point I could pretty much just eyeball it.
Yep, I was doing it wrong. Pod goes on the bottom and laundry on top.