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All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts

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Re: All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts

#61

Post by fefe23 »

Hey Mozilla, have you considered that maybe I don't want to open an account?

In fact I don't want to open accounts with anyone. Not with social media, not with newspapers, certainly not newsletters. Accounts allow better tracking that cookies, and cookies are now regulated.

If a web site tries to get me to open an account, it will reflect poorly on my view of them, and I will be less inclined to come back.

I only opened an account here after years of lurking and trust building and I still only log on if I want to comment or upvote something.

Re: All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts

#62

Post by felipelemos »

fefe23 wrote: post #61

Hey Mozilla, have you considered that maybe I don't want to open an account? In fact I don't want to open accounts with anyone. Not with social media, not with newspapers, certainly not newsletters. Accounts allow better tracking that cookies, and cookies are now regulated. If a web site tries to get me to open an account, it will reflect poorly on my view of them, and I will be less inclined to come back. I only ope…

> In fact I don't want to open accounts with anyone

Then it's not and issue for you, as you probably didn't want to open an account with pocket in first place, right?

Re: All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts

#63

Post by digging »

accoil wrote: post #56
digging wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, Spotify does it by underpaying artists.

Do Pocket/Mozilla have artists to pay?

Don't know. I'd think they pay the original sources. Agreed that the cost seems out of alignment, but they're also working with a much smaller user base than Spotify. A small profit margin on tens of millions of users gets you a lot more money than a small profit margin on tens of thousands (numbers made up). So maybe it's actually a very fair price and Spotify's is not, which we know it's not.

Re: All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts

#64

Post by themadturk »

feyman_r wrote: post #24
jacquesm wrote: post #22

Browsers shouldn't have accounts to begin with.

Where does one store favorite links so I can handle them on phone and two separate machines?

I'm using raindrop.io. So far, even the free tier works well for me.

Re: All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts

#65

Post by themadturk »

andrewstuart wrote: post #51

I love Pocket. It's the only bookmarking tool I ever stuck with. I also use Firefox as my main browser.

I've loved Pocket as well, but I didn't like paying $45 a year for it. It was more of a bookmarking service for me than an actual read-it-later site. Now that I've found Raindrop.io, which works fine for me on the free tier, I can save a little money and have better organization than Pocket gave me.

Re: All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts

#66

Post by CatWChainsaw »

pseudalopex wrote: post #49
CatWChainsaw wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You value the syncing browser accounts offer. Personally I like being able to go between several of my own computers and not have all settings synced. It's not a fresh slate situation but it is a bit freeing to not carry all my digital baggage all the time.

Good for you. Firefox accounts are optional.

Indeed. I happen to know this because I use Firefox on a daily basis and have never once been pestered to use one.

Re: All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts

#67

Post by mistercheph »

felipelemos wrote: post #62
fefe23 wrote: post #61

Hey Mozilla, have you considered that maybe I don't want to open an account? In fact I don't want to open accounts with anyone. Not with social media, not with newspapers, certainly not newsletters. Accounts allow better tracking that cookies, and cookies are now regulated. If a web site tries to get me to open an account, it will reflect poorly on my view of them, and I will be less inclined to come back. I only ope…

> In fact I don't want to open accounts with anyone Then it's not and issue for you, as you probably didn't want to open an account with pocket in first place, right?

>> In fact I don't want to open accounts with anyone

>Then it's not and issue for you, as you probably didn't want to open an account with pocket in first place, right?

Then it's not an issue for you, as you probably didn't want him to want to open an account with pocket in the first place in the first place, right?

Re: All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts

#68

Post by gigglesupstairs »

Jaepa wrote: post #18
vorpalhex wrote: post #9

Even though I have a firefox account, I'm glad I have moved off Pocket (to Readwise Reader). I don't want all my accounts joined. I don't want a threat model where being locked out of one service takes down everything, especially when that service has no support. This applies to gmail and Mozilla equally.

Readwise looks really good, but I have a hard time understanding the value proposition. For the full application with the Readwise Reader it is 9 dollars a month. Then again its certainly worth more than a blue check-mark.

Adding on to what other user said, Readwise has GPT summary option for every article, inbuilt natural language narrator, support for epub files, and lot more. You can also save individual highlights and notes with each save. They also have very responsive developers and a very handy newsletter they send to users to keep them apprised of what is happening behind the scenes. Not to mention a brilliant iOS app.

Re: All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts

#70

Post by asadotzler »

Simulacra wrote: post #40
amarshall wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pocket has been owned by Mozilla since 2017; why didn’t you end your subscription then?

Because it was just owned then, I disagree with further integration.

Pocket has been integrated into Mozilla for quite a while. Your efforts are either misplaced or extremely late.
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