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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
#82I think maybe this would be finally the year I stop paying for Pocket.
It kinda worked to quickly save items but I have always wanted it to be better at organizing items. Tagging is a hassle and even though it has suggested tags most of the time they are not useful, and also you have to apply them individually!
Lately they added Lists, which I don't know how is different from pinned tags, adding more confusion.
Also I am not really sure, but I think the search functionality don't work reliably.
I just hope wallabag or Matter don't just let my unreaded links rot.
Re: All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts
#83For a while there was an announcement that pocket would stop working on kobo devices, due to this announcement. But now it seems kobo will be given an extension and will make their pocket integration work with Firefox accounts.
I already killed my pocket account and switched to self-hosted wallabag when I saw they were killing off Kobo integration.
But does wallabag work with Kobo's default firmware?
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#84At the dawn of browser sync technologies, it was possible to self host a Firefox sync server. I think I remember there was a component for authentication and one for storage proper. You could use each one of them, or both. Is this still a thing? How would today's firefox handle a custom sync server?
Theoretically - yes. Practically, it's poorly documented clusterfuck of very confused technologies ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18448125 ). I hope they've possibly sorted that out over the years, but I don't have much hopes. Although they seem to went monorepo for FxA stuff (IIRC, it used to be that Accounts and Content services were separate). Still, no end-user docs - best you can get is assorted bunch of…
Why don't they just use Nextcloud or SyncThing or similar for syncing? Too much wheel reinvention everywhere!
Re: All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts
#85I think maybe this would be finally the year I stop paying for Pocket. It kinda worked to quickly save items but I have always wanted it to be better at organizing items. Tagging is a hassle and even though it has suggested tags most of the time they are not useful, and also you have to apply them individually! Lately they added Lists, which I don't know how is different from pinned tags, adding more confusion. Also…
I used it for synchronizing web series to my Kobo reader, and indeed the lack of proper organization makes large amounts of items a very tedious task.
Re: All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
It will be $8 a month if you signup during the beta and pay yearly. Seems kinda steep if you're just using Pocket as a "read later" tool that scrapes the page.
Readwise is absolutely high end power user software, and not just a "read it later" service. If you need it's features, it's worth it. I really like all of my highlights syncing to my obsidian notes, the ability to use a single source for rss/epubs/webpages/pdf/etc and having an AI assistant to throw at tasks. If you want a free, more direct pocket clone, check out wallabag: https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag
Alright, I interpreted their page as if it was a different service with a separate subscription.
Re: All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts
#87Re: All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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?
Sometimes one gets tired of endless complaining.
Re: All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts
#89Re: All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts
#90Browsers shouldn't have accounts to begin with.
It’s pretty easy to see a use case for a work account and a personal account - or accounts for five different users of a shared home computer.