Just out of curiosity, how will removing Pocket integration and Hello (a thin UI over WebRTC) personally? Both are lazy-loaded, so the only bloat they add is "v

Just out of curiosity, how will removing Pocket integration and Hello (a thin UI over WebRTC) personally? Both are lazy-loaded, so the only bloat they add is "visual bloat". This behavior is seriously disappointing from the Firefox community. I've been using Pocket since it was Read It Later and I was pleased to see it integrated into the browser. Mozilla is working on a Reader mode[0] but it does not seem to be ready for public consumption yet (despite landing in 2012). Most people don't even know it exists, and it obviously does not save it for later (unless you bookmark it). The implementation is open-source (MPL license), although Pocket itself is proprietary. Hotword detection is not absolutely necessary for browser functionality, yet I hear no chorus of complaints from Chrome users. Should Mozilla be prohibited from partnering with proprietary third-parties whether or not it benefits their users? Hello is even less of an argument. Firefox Hello is a simple Javascript UI for the existing WebRTC spec supported by Firefox, Chrome, and Opera[1]. It allows people to communicate without having to set up accounts, sign-in somewhere, and works against the platform lock-in of proprietary services such as Facetime, Hangouts, and Skype. If it's disabled by default, the service becomes useless. My parents shouldn't have to enable it about:config for me to talk to them, nor should they have to download another plugin to use a technology built-in to the browser. I understand the security implications[2] in IP leakage[3], but I don't see a simple fix that doesn't neuter the functionality (although this comes close[4]). W3C has stated their position on fingerprinting[5], but at least Mozilla is actively working on the issue. 0: http://www.ghacks.net/2015/02/07/mozilla-starts-to-push-reader-mode-to-desktop-firefox/ http://www.ghacks.net/2015/02/07/mozilla-starts-to-push-read... 1: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/which-browsers-will-work-firefox-hello-video-chat https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/which-browsers-will-wor... 2: https://twitter.com/incloud/status/619624021123010560 https://twitter.com/incloud/status/619624021123010560 3: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=959893 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=959893 4: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/statutory/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/statutory/ 5: https://github.com/w3ctag/spec-reviews/blob/master/2015/05/fingerprint.md https://github.com/w3ctag/spec-reviews/blob/master/2015/05/f...