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Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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1222 points phantomathkg | 1 comments | 22 May 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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asadotzler ◴[22 May 25 17:39 UTC] No.44064537[source]▶
~90% of HN commenters who mentioned Pocket in the last decade or so have been complaining about Mozilla's wasted effort on Pocket and how no one asked for it and how it was just another Mozilla "scam" and now that it's being removed, ~90% of the comments are "sad" and "I used it a lot."
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cosmic_cheese ◴[22 May 25 17:44 UTC] No.44064586[source]▶
The two opinions aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive.

I used and enjoyed Pocket, but never paid a dime for it so I can’t imagine that Mozilla made much if any money off of me. That’s probably true for most users, and as such it’s not difficult to imagine that Pocket ended up being a bad purchase for Mozilla in terms of diversifying income.

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1. zimpenfish ◴[22 May 25 18:04 UTC] No.44064849[source]▶
> I used and enjoyed Pocket, but never paid a dime for it

I did subscribe to Pocket Premium for a while but it wasn't really worth the money (plus they were being arseholes when I was asked for API support.)