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> this is clearly being done for profit. No it isn't. The reason behind Pocket integration was thus: Firefox wanted a similar "temporary bookmark" feature t
by Manishearth 11y ago
> this is clearly being done for profit.
No it isn't.
The reason behind Pocket integration was thus:
Firefox wanted a similar "temporary bookmark" feature to augment Reader mode and other things. Instead of coding it themselves, they decided on using an existing addon that gave the same functionality.
- pdkl95 11y agoProfit for Pocket. If they aren't making money off of their database of what people read, how are they paying for the bandwidth/hosting costs?
- Manishearth 11y agoNow you're moving around the goalposts. I was replying to "Even if there isn't some sort of payola deal going on to feed that money back to Mozilla, this is clearly being done for profit. Maybe it's some sort of indirect benefit, maybe it's someone doing a favor for a friend." There's no indirect benefit (aside from having a new feature). There's a very clear and logical reason behind the integration. In retrospect, they should have consulted with the community first perhaps, but it's false that Mozilla did this for some direct or indirect benefit.