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The funny thing is that even though it's a Mozilla product now and even though it's somehow "integrated" in the browser, I still have to log into it separately

The funny thing is that even though it's a Mozilla product now and even though it's somehow "integrated" in the browser, I still have to log into it separately regardless of the fact that I am already logged with with Firefox Sync

p-e-w 3y ago
And that's more than six years after the acquisition. This was very poorly handled for sure.
- AshamedCaptain 3y ago
  My wild guess is that they could not do a SSO with Pocket and Firefox Sync until they got rid of all the other authentication providers/methods that Pocket supported, a change which people like me would complain about.
  - benterix 3y ago
    > My wild guess is that they could not do a SSO with Pocket and Firefox Sync until they got rid of all the other authentication providers/methods that Pocket supported Why? Technically, it shouldn't be impossible - one shouldn't exclude the other.
    - mariusor 3y ago
      JavaScript that the Kobo can't execute for example. The browser/web view on Kobos is very very limited.
      - internetter 3y ago
        Actually as a kobo owner I've always wondered what JavaScript it can execute, what styles it can render, ect. Always seemed wildly inconsistent. Any idea?
        mariusor 3y ago
        I suspect that very little, if any can be executed. No hard data nor first hand knowledge on that though.
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mariusor 3y ago
Funny that you mentioned that, they're switching quite soon: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pocket-firefox-account-migration https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pocket-firefox-account-...
- __jonas 3y ago
  I was using Pocket when they announced the start of the transition a while back and their flow to migrate bookmarks to the Firefox account just didn't work, I ended up with an empty account – maybe because I was using a different email address for my Firefox account than for my Pocket account but it made me stop using Pocket altogether, really annoying.

p-e-w 3y ago

And that's more than six years after the acquisition. This was very poorly handled for sure.

AshamedCaptain 3y ago
My wild guess is that they could not do a SSO with Pocket and Firefox Sync until they got rid of all the other authentication providers/methods that Pocket supported, a change which people like me would complain about.
- benterix 3y ago
  > My wild guess is that they could not do a SSO with Pocket and Firefox Sync until they got rid of all the other authentication providers/methods that Pocket supported Why? Technically, it shouldn't be impossible - one shouldn't exclude the other.
  - mariusor 3y ago
    JavaScript that the Kobo can't execute for example. The browser/web view on Kobos is very very limited.
    - internetter 3y ago
      Actually as a kobo owner I've always wondered what JavaScript it can execute, what styles it can render, ect. Always seemed wildly inconsistent. Any idea?
      - mariusor 3y ago
        I suspect that very little, if any can be executed. No hard data nor first hand knowledge on that though.
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mariusor 3y ago

Funny that you mentioned that, they're switching quite soon: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pocket-firefox-account-migration https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pocket-firefox-account-...

__jonas 3y ago
I was using Pocket when they announced the start of the transition a while back and their flow to migrate bookmarks to the Firefox account just didn't work, I ended up with an empty account – maybe because I was using a different email address for my Firefox account than for my Pocket account but it made me stop using Pocket altogether, really annoying.