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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: 0.2s | source
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_def ◴[22 May 25 17:27 UTC] No.44064357[source]▶
> Your export file will include links (URLs) of your saved items. The export does not extract the text of saved links. Additionally, the export does not contain tags or highlights.

boo! without the tags, the links will be mostly useless for me. Every now and then I thought aboyt switching to some self-hosted solution. Should've done it sooner... and I will never trust Mozilla with any service again.

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JeremyNT ◴[22 May 25 18:11 UTC] No.44064943[source]▶
Yeah this is really lame. I used it because I like Mozilla and thought Pocket's future would be relatively safe in their hands.

I'm sure a lot of HN readers view any of Mozilla's operations outside of Firefox as a distraction, but I think it's a shame to lose Pocket. I really like several Mozilla services (Relay, VPN, and up to now Pocket) and this shutdown along with such a half-assed export option is a real disappointment.

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1. thayne ◴[22 May 25 18:51 UTC] No.44065380[source]▶
Mozilla's track record of shutting down projects is almost as bad as Google's. I wouldn't count on any of their non-Firefox projects lasting very long.