Pocket appeared during a bunch of google projects spinning up and disappearing. I knew Pocket would never last forever, same with Evernote, so I never became a user. My Firefox bookmarks are very old and full of dead links, they are ugly but portable.
The year is 2029. Most of my software is open source or European because those are the only ways to avoid being invaded by AI, flensed for my data, or inviting a smash and grab on my financials.
To be perfectly honest - Mozilla needs to stop expanding their range and go back to developing the Gecko engine. Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi have become so unbelievably bloated that I think a simplified firefox experience would actually give them a competitive advantage in the market.
I was mad about people being mad about pocket being added to mozilla, and now I'm mad about it being removed. Mozilla remains goat at the "worst of all sides" situation.
Sorry, potentially stupid question but I never used Pocket (despite using Firefox for 20+ years): How is it different/better than just bookmarking the page/article you want to read later?
You could download it onto your mobile device and read on the airplane and such later, and it saved it without moving ads or pop-up links and sidebar stuff. Just the text and photos. And much of the time it found a version of the page behind the paywall and stayed even if the page became 404
I'm bummed that AllTrails is adding an AI angle as well now.
Having AllTrailsGPT telling people what trails are good (instead of using critical thinking) worries me since AI Guiding People Through the Backcountry sounds like the setup for the next "Google Maps Leads Someone Off Bridge" Headline 🙃
“This $80-per-year subscription will introduce AI tools to build custom routes and provide real-time trail condition forecasts, trail traffic heatmaps, and a feature that lets you identify trees and plants using your phone’s camera.”
aaaaaand i'm transferring to waterfox. what the actual fuck is happening at firefox? first completely destroying their privacy promise and now bending the knee to AI slop???
I'm sad they also shuttered Fakespot. Fakespot's genAI features were largely useless, but its review analysis was actually helpful for filtering out astro-turfed reviews.
I mean they are also getting rid of that AI review detector thing as well. I am pretty sure they are trying to minimize money sinks because of the Google concerns.
My main suggestion for a successor, which I absolute love and happily pay for since moving from Instapaper: https://readwise.io/read (Bootstrapped and profitable, and full of useful features and open integrations)
ARGH, Pocket was a big reason why Firefox was my preferred browser. So stupid to shut down such a useful feature that probably runs in a fraction of power of garbage AI.
My main suggestion for a successor, which I absolute love and happily pay for since moving from Instapaper: https://readwise.io/read (Bootstrapped and profitable, and full of useful features and open integrations)
My main suggestion for a successor, which I absolute love and happily pay for since moving from Instapaper: https://readwise.io/read (Bootstrapped and profitable, and full of useful features and open integrations)
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I want Pocket!
Having AllTrailsGPT telling people what trails are good (instead of using critical thinking) worries me since AI Guiding People Through the Backcountry sounds like the setup for the next "Google Maps Leads Someone Off Bridge" Headline 🙃
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/12/alltrails-debuts-a-80-year-membership-that-includes-ai-powered-smart-routes/
At least it's a chance to cull it down and re-import to wherever I'm moving to.
For bookmarking web sites: Check https://breadcrum.net and https://raindrop.io
Better to have something than nothing and I happily pay for something that makes it easier for me to consume texts.
So I guess I'll have to wait and see how Kobo/Rakuten reacts to this
hope the integration shows up in the kobo menu soon
first google reader and now this
Tho I've not used it much in the last few years, it was for me too an incredible companion on those long work commutes years ago
Also, while I am (and always has been) a fan of Firefox the browser (never use Chrome - over my dead body that google data roomba)
Fire Mozilla execs!!!!
Open source, self hostable (or you can pay for a hosted version),
And pretty important on that one : hosted in Europe
So ... yea.
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For bookmarking web sites: Check https://breadcrum.net and https://raindrop.io
For bookmarking web sites: Check https://breadcrum.net and https://raindrop.io