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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: 0.215s | source
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ChoGGi ◴[23 May 25 12:56 UTC] No.44072446[source]▶
Hard to say if I cared a wit for pocket, but fakespot was useful.
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esafak ◴[23 May 25 13:21 UTC] No.44072649[source]▶
I had no confidence in fakespot's ratings.
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1. dangus ◴[23 May 25 21:46 UTC] No.44076914[source]▶
I can see why it needs to be shut down: I think that Amazon has almost certainly worked to limit the usability and usefulness of such an app.

Plus, sellers have more tools than ever at their disposal to generate "real" reviews, including plain and simple bribes to real customers to make them, completely unenforceable by Amazon.