As I do a fair amount of offline reading, I'm a fan of pocket.
Mozilla Acquires Pocket
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#12Will it become firefox exclusive?
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#13So much for my hopes of them removing it from Firefox. Uhg.
You can have hope for a better integration than that odd toolbar button and the silly login page that asks you to make Yet Another Password instead of using the Sync/Mozilla account one.
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#14> Mozilla is growing, experimenting more, and doubling down on our mission to keep the internet healthy, as a global public resource that’s open and accessible to all.
...by buying a crappy, proprietary app?
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#15So much for my hopes of them removing it from Firefox. Uhg.
In case you didn't know, you can remove it from the toolbar via "Customize", or completely disable it by toggling `extensions.pocket.enabled` in `about:config`.
That being said, I started using it extensively after being a big fan of Instapaper. The browser integration (especially the easy tagging) has been really helpful in keeping my tab count down.
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#16I've always liked Pocket, but felt queasy about its integration with Firefox.
I consider this a great move for a better bookmarking experience in Firefox as well as a better pocket service.
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#17This is weird. Has Mozilla acquired any startups in the past? Feels weird to me for a browser non-profit to own a web app product.
Right, I thought pocket was actually one of the Mozilla sponsors, given the default installation in Firefox.
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#18This is weird. Has Mozilla acquired any startups in the past? Feels weird to me for a browser non-profit to own a web app product.
It is weird - the press release itself notes that this is the first such acquisition Mozilla has ever made.
In their defense, it won't be the first time they've gotten into operating a service -- there's Sync, for instance. So if they see expanding FF's bookmarking abilities as a key strategic differentiator, buying an existing read-it-later service they're already familiar with could be a simpler/cheaper way of getting there than building one from scratch.
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#19> Mozilla is growing, experimenting more, and doubling down on our mission to keep the internet healthy, as a global public resource that’s open and accessible to all. ...by buying a crappy, proprietary app?
... and making it open-source?
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#20Will it become firefox exclusive?
It's more likely to get fully open sourced, I bet, which would make that rather hard?