I never used Pocket itself, but I do like having the grid of news articles on the new tab page, which I believe is powered by Pocket in some shape or form. Anyone know if that feature is going away too?
this post was submitted on 22 May 2025
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Welp, guess I better start up the calibre extension to send pocket articles as a file for ebook readers.
I try to support Mozilla (and more obscure open source projects we take for granted) through donations and subscriptions. But I never used Pocket or Fakespot.
I don’t think it should be a forced payment but I’d pay a few bucks a month for a true developer edition. The current one is essentially just the early beta for extension developers but something really developer focused with no bullshit and developer tools at the forefront. I don’t know if that’s something other people would pay for but I feel like it’s easier to shell out cash when I’m using it for work. A lot of people could probably expense it.
It likely wouldn’t replace the Google money but it’d be a start.
shame about pocket - wonder how much of a hole that really burned in their pocket - if much
Good. I've been disabling this shit in about:config for one decade too many.
I hated it at first but then I started to leave pocket on and click links every now and then since I figured they got revenue out of it. I don't use it often but its a shame to see it go now that I kind of like it.
i literally JUST installed fakespot lol
The first paragraph is not true. Mozilla is backed by a billionaire or billionaires, for example Google and Microsoft where the majority of Mozilla revenues comes from them. Stop deceiving people!
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Mozilla should fire their non-technical staff, strongly make the case for how they're fighting for a free and open internet, and use a subscription model for Firefox to pay the bills
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I hope they don't remove Mozilla accounts too, I have all my bookmarks and sync between devices there. Zen browser that I use relies on this and I assume other browsers based off Firefox do too. Mozilla does not have a good managing team and they deserve to go down but there should be a transition period.
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I tried pocket a couple of times but couldn't get past the "we think you're on a phone so you're only getting three items on the screen at once". Well I'm not on a phone, I'm on a desktop with a 32" monitor and three T-Rex sized items on my screen is just terrible design.
Mozilla shouldn't have bought FakeSpot
was fakespot ever available outside the us?
They're likely moving to focus on Thundermail.com, VPN, calendar, private cloud storage, etc.. Like Proton Mail does.
Bummer. I can see pocket going, I tried to use it but it’s basically a place to put stuff that you plant to but never actually get around to reading, a bookmark does the same thing. Fakespot I’m not sure about. I’ve used it, but there’s no way to verify how right it is.