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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: 0.199s | source
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sureste ◴[22 May 25 17:31 UTC] No.44064416[source]▶
Everytime people talked about Mozilla or Firefox the main complaint was Pocket. Everytime. Yet most people here are sad to see it go. What gives?
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1. ryukoposting ◴[22 May 25 23:21 UTC] No.44068214[source]▶
Pocket became annoying because Mozilla started shoving it down your throat, whether or not you wanted it. To most FF users, Pocket is (at very best) a source of occasional popups and other UI annoyances. People who had a use for it really liked it, though.

I used Pocket for about 3 years, before and after the acquisition. When Firefox started syncing bookmarks across devices, and they added the reader mode, Pocket became obsolete in my mind. I stopped using it because I didn't need it anymore.