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Firefox Maker Mozilla Discontinues Pocket and Fakespot to Focus on Browser
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NOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I have nearly 20 YEARS of stored articles and files in pocket.. WTF ppl. Hopefully, they will create an EASY export function and there where should one put it all? KEEP?
I think I'll be switching to self hosting KaraKeep on my TrueNAS
More and more I'm self hosting as I'm tired of the games from all these companies.
I still self host my RSS w/ the very old (but still works great!) Fever from Shaun Inman
More and more I'm self hosting as I'm tired of the games from all these companies.
I still self host my RSS w/ the very old (but still works great!) Fever from Shaun Inman
Just looked at it in the Mac App Store - not free - $9.99 and has more in-app purchases
Oh, yes, excuse me, I bought it so long ago that I forgot it wasn’t free.
Indeed, it’s a paid app, a paid once app. All the functionality that has had over the years (basically saving a reader version of the website, with tags and categories) is included with that single purchase.
A bit more than a year ago, he included an optional subscription with features such as highlighting (actually, that’s the only optional feature). But it’s an hybrid subscription model, one that I wish it would replace traditional subscriptions. This meaning once you purchase one year of Good Links premium (just 6€), you keep all the premium features included in Premium up to that last day of your subscription. But as I said, it’s completely optional.
Thank you for the reminder, I’m going to edit my original message.
Oof. I have 12 years of articles in Pocket. Raindrop.io looks good. Exporting now...
I left Kobo for Boox earlier this year because the Pocket integration started falling apart. We can get through this.
I wanted to use Pocket, but never got around to it, so this is understandable.
Mozilla today said that it is shutting down Pocket, the read-it-later service that allows users to save articles, videos, and webpages to view later. The company also plans to end work on Fakespot, a browser extension and website that analyzes the authenticity of online product reviews.
Pocket is a well-known service that streamlines articles, offering a distraction-free reading experience. It includes offline access, text-to-speech options, and tagging capabilities. Pocket has been integrated in Firefox since 2015, and Mozilla bought the service in 2017.
Fakespot is an online review checking website that Mozilla bought two years ago and integrated into Firefox, but Mozilla said Fakespot "didn't fit a model [it] could sustain."
Pocket is no longer available for download as of today, and there is no longer an option to purchase a Pocket Premium subscription. The Pocket shutdown will happen on July 8, 2025, and users will have until October 8, 2025 to export Pocket data before they are permanently deleted.
Pocket Premium monthly and annual subscriptions will be canceled automatically, and annual subscribers will receive refunds after July 8. Access to the Pocket API will end on October 8, and data will need to be exported before then.
Mozilla is shutting down the Fakespot extensions, mobile apps, and websites on July 1, 2025 and the Fakespot Review Checker in Firefox will shut down on June 10, 2025.
According to Mozilla, while Pocket is popular and has over 10 million users, "the way people save and consume content on the web has evolved." As a result, the company plans to focus time and resources on Firefox, and develop projects that better match current browsing habits.
Pocket users who are looking for an alternative have a number of options to consider, including Instapaper, Wallabag, and Raindrop.io.
Article Link: Firefox Maker Mozilla Discontinues Pocket and Fakespot to Focus on Browser
Perhaps some hope here?
9to5mac.com
Digg co-founder offers to save Pocket as Mozilla winds it down - 9to5Mac
Just one day after Mozilla confirmed it’s shutting down Pocket, Digg co-founder has stepped up with a public offer to take it over.
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Same. This really sucks. Given that Kobo has integrated Pocket for many years now, I'm hoping they build a replacement or integrate with another service (Instapaper?) that does the same thing. Like 90% of my ereader usage is reading articles I've sent over from Pocket. It's just a much better environment for sustained and focused reading.
It's also galling that Mozilla just spent a bunch of months slowly building back up the Pocket app after they completely destroyed it a year or two ago. God knows how much dev resources they burned up on that little exercise.
I think this would be the time for users to be reaching out to Kobo to ask about replacement...
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What?? How would that even work? People use pocket to save links to articles they want to read, not to summarize articles
I swear, AI fangirls will mention Ai in every conversation whether it makes sense or not
Why would you need Pocket for that? Don't browsers have built in bookmarks and reading list features?
Perhaps some hope here?
Digg co-founder offers to save Pocket as Mozilla winds it down - 9to5Mac
Just one day after Mozilla confirmed it’s shutting down Pocket, Digg co-founder has stepped up with a public offer to take it over.
Maybe , maybe not. Redit is selling access to their user generation content to folks training AI.
Do they want to "save it" or "turn it into an interim cash stream" ?
Minimally this digg 'reboot' is suppose to highly leverage AI to do moderation. ( which may be a reach) so at least minimally they'll looking for internal use feedstock.
Pocket was never really about 'bookmarks'. It was more "save a copy for later in your pocket". For a very long time browsers didn't try to keep a local copy of internet beyond a 'cache' to speed up retrievals. What has changed is browsers are now shifting toward stuffing content into larger and larger cloud storage. So the gap is narrowing.
New folks starting from 'scratch' will likely notice even fewer differences (and a lazier approach of just learning one tool. Same track capture of passwords , address , payment cards are all on by default in most browsers these days. )
Transfer to Raindrop.io was seamless and cross-platform. I won't miss Pocket.
If bookmarks are a good way to do that, why does every web browser have a reading list?
Pocket is just a version of that feature
Services like Pocket save a full copy of the content.
Bookmarks and reading lists generally don't, and the content at the source can change or disappear.
I prefer Safari on my Apple devices. I use a third party browser on my Boox and I use burn accounts on my Boox because security isn't amazing.