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Re:How Firefox is using Pocket to try to build a better news... by xg15 on Sunday June 17, 2018 @03:53AM (#17331365)
What was the data-driven decision in that case? You mean they looked at plugin usage stats and realized Pocket had more usage than the built-in RSS feature?
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Re:How Firefox is using Pocket to try to build a better news... by class4behavior on Sunday June 17, 2018 @07:32AM (#17331924)
>What was the data-driven decision in that case?

That based on telemetry data the RSS feature was barely used in general. I haven't seen any commentary that suggests any relation with their support for Pocket.

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Re:How Firefox is using Pocket to try to build a better news... by shock on Sunday June 17, 2018 @08:20AM (#17332064)
Is it surprising people don't use a feature they don't know exists? This is a catch-22 problem.

I would very much like to see a banner at the bottom of the new tab page introducing RSS and how it can be used, similarly to how Mozilla did for Firefox Sync.

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