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Why remove descriptions from bookmarks? I know they're not the most useful thing, but I don't get the benefit of removing them.
by portaljacker 8y ago
Why remove descriptions from bookmarks? I know they're not the most useful thing, but I don't get the benefit of removing them.
- toyg 8y agoI suspect it's simply "one less thing to worry about when we sync with the cloud".
- yborg 8y agoI suspect the long game here is eliminating user bookmarking altogether. Why would you want to use something as archaic as a saved URL, when there's a service that knows where you want to go to on the Internet better than you could ever decide for yourself?
- ptx 8y agoThey spent lots of money on Pocket and are increasingly pushing people to use it. Making the built-in bookmarks worse is an easy way to make Pocket look better by comparison.