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I'm even OK with this feature, just not with the we're shipping a new “New Tab” page experience that connects you to the best of... drone-speak T_T
by veidr 7y ago
I'm even OK with this feature, just not with the we're shipping a new “New Tab” page experience that connects you to the best of... drone-speak T_T
- jchook 7y agoAlso they promised to open source Pocket in 2017, but seem to have zero intention of doing it. Instead, they prioritize controversial integration into the browser itself.
- Nicksil 7y ago>Also they promised to open source Pocket in 2017, but seem to have zero intention of doing it. Zero intention of doing so or just have yet to do so? Did they say they were no longer considering the option?
- pseudalopex 7y agoIt's been 2 years. They have no specific plans to release the server code.[1] They won't say what's been done or has to be done. [1] https://github.com/Pocket/extension-save-to-pocket/issues/75 https://github.com/Pocket/extension-save-to-pocket/issues/75
- TheRealPomax 7y agoOn a software product note, "Pocket", the client-side product that does local-only interest analysis so it can get a full list of interesting articles from the server, and then locally filter out all the stuff you probably don't care about, is not "the server application that accepts volutary user submission analysis to determine what goes on the API response list with which categories". No one ever talked about open sourcing the service that the pocket client relies on, as far as I can remember.
- pseudalopex 7y agoThe main function of Pocket is saving pages to read later. Did Pocket even have client side recommendations when Mozilla acquired it? Mozilla's claimed principles include privacy, interoperability, and free and open source software.[1] [1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/
- gregknicholson 7y ago1. Is it possible to use the open source Pocket client built into Firefox with any other server, e.g. by specifying another domain name in about:config? 2. Is there an open source implementation of compatible server software, that you could use to run your own server? The answers to these questions will tell you whether Pocket is open source.
- HLFH 7y agoI had enough to wait for Pocket to be released in open source.
- Grue3 7y agoYeah, the best New Tab experience is about:blank.
- kbenson 7y agoI'm usually in agreement with that, but I admit I've found the occasional article that drew my attention from Firefox's new tab page. Maybe once every week or two over that last couple months. That may or may not be enough to justify its existence (for me, at least), but it's not nothing. I obviously got some value out of it.
- veidr 7y agoYeah, I get so much value from Pocket that I even switched from Instapaper. It's not Pocket that's the problem, it's the gross attempted force-feeding (that just makes me want to try some other browser like Brave (not an endorsement, just what I personally would investigate next)). How about, instead of "we plastered all this shit from the crap we bought onto every single browser window you henceforth open, you mindless peon!": how about they did some promo graphic and well-done animated enticement, along the lines of, "Hey! Pocket has tons of subscribers who upvote the most meaningful and relevant stories to them — how about we replace your blank homepage with the best of the best?" But instead they're just like EAT THIS SHIT PLEEB and you know what fuck it I did just switch my default browser while typing this. :middle-finger-emoji-that-HNs-1970s-site-generator-isnt-compatible-with: