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It'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.
by vezycash 8y ago
It'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 8y 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 8y agoThe average person might like having Pocket already installed though.
- vezycash 8y 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 8y agoThe average person sees the button in their browser and says "What the heck is Pocket?"
- whoopdedo 8y 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 8y 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 8y agoIf you explicitly sign in to it.
- newacctjhro 8y agoDoesn't Pocket require a sign in too?
- nindalf 8y agoPocket explicitly requires a sign in with a separate Pocket account. What now?
- peteretep 8y agoSoooo, pretty similar to the manual steps that Mozilla are complaining about in the article, then?
- dom96 8y 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 8y agoYes, but we're talking about disabling a button instead of persistent tracking used for advertising purposes.