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Is there a post somewhere explaining why they are shutting down? Did they just run out of money? Was it being run by a single guy who is tired of maintaining

• ksherlock 1y ago
  There is. Previously on HN: Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44063662 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44063662 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/future-of-pocket https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/future-of-pocket https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/building-whats-next/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/building-whats-next/
  • jandrese 1y ago
    Thanks. The banner on the linked website offered no hints whatsoever. After digging through a couple blog posts: > While the idea resonated, it didn’t fit a model we could sustain. They ran out of money.
  • saintfire 1y ago
    Funny. I loathed pocket and how they felt it needed to be enabled by default and required going to about config to fully deintegrate. Never heard about fakespot and it sounds like a great tool; especially if it ran locally so it didn't need a monthly fee..
    • PaulHoule 1y ago
      A lot of people liked it but I thought it was "thoroughly pizzled" [1] and I was resentful about yet another unwanted product shoved down my throat. I guess I'm used to it when Microsoft is doing it but it just seemed Firefox should have done better. [1] https://scatter.wordpress.com/2018/03/13/thoroughly-pizzled-whats-so-bad-about-the-autofac/ https://scatter.wordpress.com/2018/03/13/thoroughly-pizzled-...