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Mozilla Acquires Pocket

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Re: Mozilla Acquires Pocket

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Post by shmerl »

Touche wrote: post #7

This 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.

There was a resistance to using Pocket, because it's a closed proprietary service. Now Mozilla plan to open source it, for which they had to buy it first. So it's a good outcome IMHO.

Re: Mozilla Acquires Pocket

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Post by apetresc »

Something I've always wished Pocket would do is download an offline copy of videos I add to the list (using, say, youtube-dl [1]), so I can watch them on the subway, etc. But they never did this, presumably either for legal reasons, or because it was a giant waste of bandwidth considering a huge percentage of Pocketed articles never get read.

Now that Mozilla is promising to open-source this, I eagerly await adding this feature to my own fork :)

-- [1]: https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/

Re: Mozilla Acquires Pocket

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Post by Duhck »

philfrasty wrote: post #21

I have used Pocket for the last five years or so. 99.5% of the articles I bookmark every day I never actually read. Probably should make me think why I use it at all...

I am in the same spot. I bookmark a TON of stuff and I never visit it again.

I do sync pocket right before a flight but find myself engaging with it rarely.

I find my use of bookmarks akin to liking something on facebook (or even saving it for later, which I never go back to).

Re: Mozilla Acquires Pocket

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Post by rebeccaskinner »

m52go wrote: post #6
xyos wrote: post #2

what will happen to pocket premium?

did anyone buy pocket premium? i always perceived it as a sales page that got no sales.

I got a year of it through the humble productivity bundle (or something similar) a couple of years ago. It's one of the few things in the bundle that I continued to subscribe to (along with lastpass) after the bundle ran out. It's cheap, and I enjoy the service. I don't really use the premium features so much that their absolutely indispensable, but they are nice. I keep a huge library of stuff in pocket and the unlimited storage space and easier searching is nicer than having to re-google for things.

Re: Mozilla Acquires Pocket

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Post by baby »

wodenokoto wrote: post #16

I'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.

I agree. For example, you can't really see a list of what you pocketed unless you go to their webpage. Or if you want to be able to read them offline, you need to download the Pocket application. I wish all was integrated in Firefox. It's 2017 and a browser needs this and tabs on the side by default.

Re: Mozilla Acquires Pocket

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Post by _23sd »

The first thing I do with a new Firefox install is remove the Pocket button, but I still welcome the prospect of seeing the Pocket service becoming open source and part of Firefox Sync. There are definitely some interesting ideas around the Context Graph, and hopefully the Pocket team will be able help move the project forward.

Re: Mozilla Acquires Pocket

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Post by r3bl »

gcp wrote: post #13
datatan wrote: post #5

So 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.

Aren't you able to log into Pocket using your Mozilla account for a while now?

Re: Mozilla Acquires Pocket

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Post by pspeter3 »

hgontijo wrote: post #10
m52go wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

did anyone buy pocket premium? i always perceived it as a sales page that got no sales.

I did. Mostly because I like/use the tool and I wanted to support their work.

I did for the same reasons and also in the hope of having advanced search.
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