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How Firefox is using Pocket to try to build a better news feed than Facebook

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Re: How Firefox is using Pocket to try to build a better news feed than Facebook

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Post by Fnoord »

jes5199 wrote: post #7

I tried to switch back to Firefox, but my password manager (lastpass) doesn’t work correctly, I guess the new extension APIs are too restrictiy. So, Chrome it is.

That's Firefox fault? Bitwarden works perfectly fine with the latest FF.

Re: How Firefox is using Pocket to try to build a better news feed than Facebook

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Post by Fnoord »

trendia wrote: post #18
windlep wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hover over pocket area on new tab, click the '...' in the top right, click "Remove Section", done. Firefox is about letting you control your browser experience, that's why the ability to easily remove options you might not like will always exist. If/when this ever changes, that would be a significant departure from their Mission statement.

> Firefox is about letting you control your browser experience The true history of Pocket suggests otherwise -- in 2015 Mozilla integrated Pocket, which was at that time a private company separate from Mozilla, into Firefox. Further, when Mozilla first integrated it into Firefox, there was no way to remove it, only hide the icon: > "This page http://help.getpocket.com/customer/portal/articles/1999137-h... . purports…

If people (and, organizations) are not allowed to learn from their mistakes Big Brother is an even more scary thing for our youth than it already is.

Re: How Firefox is using Pocket to try to build a better news feed than Facebook

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Post by stefan_ »

Fnoord wrote: post #22
trendia wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Firefox is about letting you control your browser experience The true history of Pocket suggests otherwise -- in 2015 Mozilla integrated Pocket, which was at that time a private company separate from Mozilla, into Firefox. Further, when Mozilla first integrated it into Firefox, there was no way to remove it, only hide the icon: > "This page http://help.getpocket.com/customer/portal/articles/1999137-h... . purports…

If people (and, organizations) are not allowed to learn from their mistakes Big Brother is an even more scary thing for our youth than it already is.

But they don't learn. They keep running head-first into these obvious blunders. Then they write a contrite sounding blog post, change nothing, and do it again a year later.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15421708

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15931730

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9876016

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12441519

Re: How Firefox is using Pocket to try to build a better news feed than Facebook

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Post by shock »

ve55 wrote: post #19

These things do not belong in Firefox. Firefox should be a standalone web browser that focuses on security, privacy, efficiency, and customization. Not Chome+Social Media 2.0.

I probably would have agreed with you in the past, but not anymore. Here's why:

I was having coffee with a friend today and he mentioned he was thinking about opening a facebook account – here's the kicker: the reason he wanted to get a FB account was the news feed; he wanted to be able to subscribe to people's pages and get updates when they post something new.

I mentioned RSS; he was flabbergasted. He didn't know such a thing exists. I came home and investigated – the option to "subscribe to page" when the page has an RSS feed is gone from Firefox, or at least I couldn't find it.

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