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> At Mozilla, we’re always fighting for technology that puts users’ privacy first I would love to run my own Pocket server ... 2 years and counting.
by asimilator 7y ago
> At Mozilla, we’re always fighting for technology that puts users’ privacy first
I would love to run my own Pocket server ...
2 years and counting.
- kryptn 7y ago> I would love to run my own Pocket server ... Oh I'd love to run my own Pocket server. The service seems useful but I stopped using chrome and disabled most of the utilities I reasonably could to avoid centralizing my data again. A self-hosted Pocket could help some of that.
- twblalock 7y agoI'd love to never see a Pocket button in my browser ever again.
- vezycash 7y agoIt's easy to turn off. About:config Search for pocket. You'll see extensions.pocket.enabled Double click to set it to false. That's all.
- twblalock 7y agoI can do that. But try explaining that to the average person the street and see how far they get before they give up.
- jumelles 7y agoThe average person might like having Pocket already installed though.
- vezycash 7y agoThe average person's eyes would gloss over it - just like how you'd ignore features and tools you don't use or don't know how to use in photoshop or visual studio.
- twblalock 7y agoThe average person sees the button in their browser and says "What the heck is Pocket?"
- whoopdedo 7y agoIf that person likes it they can go to AMO and install it like the extension that it's supposed to be. Instead of wasting space, time, and technical debt for all the users who don't want to use it.
- nindalf 7y agoHow is this technical debt? It’s a plug-in. None of its code is in Firefox. Serious question - would you object as much if it was called “Firefox save page”? Because I’ve never heard HN complain about Firefox sync, which has all your passwords, your history etc.
- majewsky 7y agoIf you explicitly sign in to it.
- newacctjhro 7y agoDoesn't Pocket require a sign in too?
- nindalf 7y agoPocket explicitly requires a sign in with a separate Pocket account. What now?
- peteretep 7y agoSoooo, pretty similar to the manual steps that Mozilla are complaining about in the article, then?
- dom96 7y agoI would say that disabling this is even less user friendly in Firefox. The about:config is cryptic and prompts the user whether "they know what they're doing", that will scare most away.
- untog 7y agoYes, but we're talking about disabling a button instead of persistent tracking used for advertising purposes.
- mellow-lake-day 7y agoThere is this: https://wallabag.org/en https://wallabag.org/en Their description: wallabag - a self hostable application for saving web pages No idea on how good it is or how it compares to pocket but it seems to be what you're after. And you can import your data from pocket.
- dawnerd 7y agoI use it self hosted, it's excellent.