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Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Post by kappl »

jameslk wrote: post #335

My specific need is I like to reference articles I've read later, quickly. I was using Pocket to track links to articles I've read, keeping them categorized with tags. It's been a mediocre solution for this need (e.g. I'd like to add more metadata, such as notes), but I haven't found too many apps/products that serve this use case. What's nice about Pocket is that I can do this from any browser on any device, since i…

Have you looked at larder.io?

Browser integrations, tags and search works fine, but the notes functionality (“Description”) is very limited.

Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Post by lxgr »

thayne wrote: post #357
lxgr wrote: post #257

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

My point was more that it's hard to ignore as a publisher due to its user base, less that it's a viable alternative as a user.

Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Post by mikemcg0 »

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…

Agree on search being abysmal - I'm surprised that none of these readings apps realized that the right approach to this space is building an aggregator and solving discovery/search for all writing on the internet.

perch.app is the newest entrant to this space, and it's the closest I've seen to getting this right.

Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Post by kamaitachi »

Have been using FF since early 2000's. Tried using Pocket but never really got the hang of it. Just never felt that it fixed a problem was having.

Still a FF fanboi, but fully behind shutting anything down that detracts from core FF.

Maybe old school, but would much prefer a focus on a browser focused on privecy.

Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Post by bwat49 »

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 think firefox is going to end up like Opera

lack of investment in gecko and dropping marketshare of firefox will result in more and more compatibility issues over time (which further accelerates dropping marketshare), until they're eventually forced to become another chromium based browser

Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Post by flkiwi »

renegat0x0 wrote: post #121

There are a ton of bookmarking software, and good, and self-hosted. - karakeep - grimoire - omnivore - wallabag - linkwarden I myself use RSS reader / bookmark manager that I wrote [1]. Everything is open source. Even data [2] [3]. Links [1] https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive [2] https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database [3] https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database

Don't forget Readeck. I've been super pleased with it. (Omnivore is dead btw.)

Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Post by fckgw »

xeromal wrote: post #365

Can someone explain what this means? >Focusing on what powers better browsing We acquired Fakespot in 2023 to help people navigate unreliable product reviews using AI and privacy-first tech. While the idea resonated, it didn’t fit a model we could sustain. Pocket has helped millions save articles and discover stories worth reading. But the way people save and consume content on the web has evolved, Did Fakespot own p…

Mozilla owns Fakespot. Fakepost is pretty unreliable and assigning a score to something so difficult to rank isn't a great model.

Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Post by microflash »

Such a shame and wasted potential. Mozilla could have turned Pocket into a read it later + RSS reader killer combo that would have closed the browsing loop across the web on Firefox. But they slept on it, actively worsening it and finally putting it out of its misery. This is an end of an era and it has such a chime of finality to it.

Re: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot

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Post by flkiwi »

Sort of peculiar that a company that is based on and makes open source software wouldn't wind down Pocket as a product but release it to the community. I don't have any particular wish to use it--I moved on years ago--but it's odd at a sort of ethical level that Mozilla, of all companies, would disappear software.
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