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I 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
by AshamedCaptain 3y ago
I 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.