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As a Firefox appreciator, it's just not something I ever really wanted to use and it got a pretty prominent place in the UI when it came out. Has similar vibes
by spencerflem 3y ago
As a Firefox appreciator,
it's just not something I ever really wanted to use and it got a pretty prominent place in the UI when it came out. Has similar vibes to when windows added the weather forecast to the awesome bar.
Imo the people making a big deal out of it are using it to justify why they're OK sticking with chrome (best case), or have a partisan political reason to hate Mozilla because of their ESG / DEI positions (ughhhhhh)
- AshamedCaptain 3y agoI was a Pocket user basically since it launched (I was looking for an AvantGo replacement, so imagine that), and I still don't understand Mozilla's purchase or very heavy-handed advertisement of it.
- dralley 3y agoSimple: it's profitable. One of the few profitable side ventures they have. HN loves to simultaneously criticize Mozilla for 1) being utterly financially dependent on Google 2) putting resources into anything except Firefox 3) doing anything that smells like monetizing Firefox Spoiler alert: They can't avoid 1 without doing 2 or 3. It is what it is.