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pocket I never used. I found it ugly and just s violation of privacy as it moved a service that should be local only, to external webservers. I can see why it's finally had the plug pulled
It was redundant anyway, since it was just bookmarks with extra steps. But you can sync bookmarks between devices with Firefox anyway and you've been able to for years, so I have no idea why they kept it around other than to use it as a vehicle to push ads (because it seemed like roughly 25% of the "articles" it suggested to you were actually ads). I can't say as I'm too sad to see it go.
Fakespot could arguably have been useful on paper, but I have to admit I never used it because I treat most online reviews as if they're bullshit anyway.
Nah, it's completely different from bookmarks. But obviously there's no sense trying to sell anyone on it anymore.
the main thing with pocket and services like it is that it saves and syncs entire pages. like a local internet archive.