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Whats all the hate for Pocket anyway? Isn't it just like the Reading List feature of Safari (or other Browsers) only more open (syncs with various devices, eve
by cseelus 9y ago
Whats all the hate for Pocket anyway?
Isn't it just like the Reading List feature of Safari (or other Browsers) only more open (syncs with various devices, even some eBook readers which I think is quite nice).
Also its owned by Mozilla[1].
1) https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/02/27/mozilla-acquires-pocket/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/02/27/mozilla-acquires-po...
- degenerate 9y ago"We've putting this thing that nobody asked for in everyone's toolbar, with no option to remove it, because we think everyone should use it" That was the hate. If they released it as an official extension, fine, but they baked it into the browser and didn't let you opt out.
- kowdermeister 9y agoBut they bought the company, now they are an extension to the company. What the hell is the difference?
- throwaway2048 9y agothey bought the company years after the fact, and seemingly as a rebuttal to the people constantly complaining about it.
- kowdermeister 9y agoI'm not a Firefox user, sorry. Was it integrated before the purchase?
- gkya 9y agoI still don't understand that move. If Mozilla needs money, why spend whay they already have on these useless thigs?
- kowdermeister 9y agoWhat did they have before buying pocket?
- gkya 9y agoI mean the money they spent to buy Pocket could've been spent on other things.
- kowdermeister 9y agoYeah but they didn't. Money in the bank doesn't do any good, I'm glad they moving it around. Do you think it halted other things because they did this purchase? This year they advanced pretty well so I don't really see what could they be missing.
- Guest9812398 9y agoIf they had money in the bank, maybe they wouldn't need to run these kind of NBC promotions? Maybe they wouldn't need to place advertisements in the new tab window?
- kowdermeister 9y agoWhy not? More exposure => more users => more ad income => ROI => GOTO 10
- Guest9812398 9y agoIf you honestly think the old saying, "all publicity is good publicity" applies here, then I'm going to strongly disagree. I think this is going to be a black mark on their reputation for the next decade. The worst part is that it hurts one of their biggest selling points over the competition, and that's the trust of the community.
- cseelus 9y agoIts just a small icon in the Address Bar and it can be removed with a right click on the icon and selecting "Remove from Address Bar".
- dingaling 9y agoIt's also in the right-click context menu, right below Save Page. Save Page to Pocket.
- mi_lk 9y ago> with no option to remove it I just try to remove it after seeing your comment. You can simply right click the pocket icon and choose to remove it.
- Grollicus 9y agoI'm pretty sure that is new. When 57 released it was possible to remove it from the address bar but not from the context menu of the address bar.
- always_good 9y agoSince you trivially remove it, I don't see the big deal. I notice my parents using the built-in Reader Mode and PDF reader. Those could've been extensions too, but I don't know who that services.