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Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Post by Henchman21 »

nimbius wrote: post #238
fkfyshroglk wrote: post #205

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> A product that's designed to strip ads from content for readability doesn't align with their new direction. Interesting. I saw it as a glorified bookmarking service and saw the readability concerns as what raised red flags for me: mozilla just inherently isn't interested in competing on value rather than on marketing.

the internet is no longer designed to be readable. it is designed to be profitable.

Its also no longer designed for users, but for the advertisers and bots.

Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Post by lttlrck »

bayindirh wrote: post #287
segphault wrote: post #71

I was a user for so long that I was on it before it even rebranded as Pocket. I finally gave up on it last year, mostly due to frustration with the terrible 2023 redesign of the mobile app. When Mozilla made the unfathomable decision to become an internet advertising company, I figured it was just a matter of time before they had to put Pocket out to pasture. A product that's designed to strip ads from content for re…

I have another theory, actually. I'm also a very old user, since the first days of the service, and I don't know how many saves I have it inside (will see when my export arrives). The latest iteration's search was abysmal , and I normally refrain from using strong words. It failed to find exact matches from titles, the words or excerpts I know that exist in the article I'm searching for, and as a result, it became a…

What's your other theory? ;-)

Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Post by magicalhippo »

major505 wrote: post #247
segphault wrote: post #71

I was a user for so long that I was on it before it even rebranded as Pocket. I finally gave up on it last year, mostly due to frustration with the terrible 2023 redesign of the mobile app. When Mozilla made the unfathomable decision to become an internet advertising company, I figured it was just a matter of time before they had to put Pocket out to pasture. A product that's designed to strip ads from content for re…

Mozilla is more occupied this days paying multi milionary bonus to its executives and begging users for money they waste on useless projects. Mozilla must die, so Firefox can live.

> Mozilla must die, so Firefox can live.

As someone who grew up on Netscape Navigator, the current situation gives me flashback to how Netscape had to die so Mozilla could be born...

Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Post by thesuitonym »

skrtskrt wrote: post #189
thayne wrote: post #180

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Safari only exist on Apple devices, and generally had even less features than Firefox.

Kagi is starting to build their Orion browser which is WebKit-based for Linux as of this year. I never do anything close enough to the browser engine to know, but apparently devs like WebKit a lot?

Since when? I don't see any mention on the blog, and the FAQ still says they're not targeting anything other than MacOS. https://help.kagi.com/orion/faq/faq.html#other_os_support

Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Post by j1elo »

lttlrck wrote: post #352
bayindirh wrote: post #287

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have another theory, actually. I'm also a very old user, since the first days of the service, and I don't know how many saves I have it inside (will see when my export arrives). The latest iteration's search was abysmal , and I normally refrain from using strong words. It failed to find exact matches from titles, the words or excerpts I know that exist in the article I'm searching for, and as a result, it became a…

What's your other theory? ;-)

+1. That was readbait :) (just joking, it actually was an interesting comment to read)

Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Post by thayne »

lxgr wrote: post #257
thayne wrote: post #180

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Safari only exist on Apple devices, and generally had even less features than Firefox.

Apple devices make up over half of all visitors in some markets/segments. Update: Downvoted for facts, stay classy, HN!

So what? For many people, having to buy new hardware to use it means it isn't a viable alternative browser.

Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Post by cloudfudge »

fifteen1506 wrote: post #231
podgietaru wrote: post #211

I loved Pocket. I used it nearly daily. I was often in their top n% of users. I paid for it. Then one day they changed the way their rendering worked on iOS. And it destroyed my workflow. I also bought a Kobo E-Reader specifically to use Pocket with it. In short order I found an open-source alternative - Omnivore - and spent my time hacking away at my Kobo to get it to pull from there instead. https://github.com/Podg…

Check the barebones but functional Wallabag. Hosted version available for a fee.

Wallabag looks great, if a little homebrew. I signed up and had to laugh that the default "Welcome to wallabag" article could not be retrieved. Regardless, I decided to give 'em 12 bucks and see how it goes.
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