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Mozilla is shutting down Pocket, their read-it-later and content discovery app, and Fakespot, their browser extension that analyzes the authenticity of online product reviews. (blog.mozilla.org)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Welp, guess I better start up the calibre extension to send pocket articles as a file for ebook readers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

i literally JUST installed fakespot lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I hated it at first but then I started to leave pocket on and click links every now and then since I figured they got revenue out of it. I don't use it often but its a shame to see it go now that I kind of like it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I never used Pocket itself, but I do like having the grid of news articles on the new tab page, which I believe is powered by Pocket in some shape or form. Anyone know if that feature is going away too?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Mozilla! Stop doing stupid stuff!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I try to support Mozilla (and more obscure open source projects we take for granted) through donations and subscriptions. But I never used Pocket or Fakespot.

I don’t think it should be a forced payment but I’d pay a few bucks a month for a true developer edition. The current one is essentially just the early beta for extension developers but something really developer focused with no bullshit and developer tools at the forefront. I don’t know if that’s something other people would pay for but I feel like it’s easier to shell out cash when I’m using it for work. A lot of people could probably expense it.

It likely wouldn’t replace the Google money but it’d be a start.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

shame about pocket - wonder how much of a hole that really burned in their pocket - if much

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Good.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Good. I've been disabling this shit in about:config for one decade too many.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Mozilla shouldn't have bought FakeSpot

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