Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

> Why is Pocket shutting down?

> Pocket has helped millions save articles and discover stories worth reading. But the way people use the web has evolved, so we’re channeling our resources into projects that better match their browsing habits and online needs.

Oh yeah, it explains everything.

I wish one day a company pr representative will be bold enough to just say "we don't want to tell you".

That seems pretty clear to me—many people were using it at one point, but now few are, so it's not worth maintaining.

But why are few people using it?

Critical mass of people using app-based walled gardens? Something else?

They took a tool that is fundamentally about separating curation and consumption of content, then added back the same type of for-you algorithm driven social media, engagement maximizing stuff that people wanted to escape. Not exactly surprising that people don't want to use it.

I read this as: Nobody was using it.