Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm...
by jorvi on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:31AM
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Somehow I feel like they could have avoided a lot of the backlash by renaming Pocket to Firefox Pocket (and thus being part of the Firefox Lockwise, Firefox Send, Firefox Sync etc suite). Instead of being / feeling like it’s own separate entity, it would have felt like an integral part of Firefox and thus enjoying the same privacy commitments.
Even though I have Pocket disabled I don’t see much of a problem with it being in the browser. Isn’t it the same concept as Safari’s Reading List?
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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm...
by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:11PM
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It's just a plugin. They could have put it in the store, put a message in the update info "try pocket, we'd like to ram it down your throat but someone here with sense suggested we could give you control over your browser". Ta-da.
No need to put it into people's toolbars, pretend it's integral then put it back in people's toolbars when they remove it.
It's just disdain for users and the exact sort of heavy handed tactics I use FOSS to avoid.
Same thing with changing start pages, just leave it alone - suggest new defaults on update and allow people to subscribe to adverts if they want them.
Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm...
by pseudalopex on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:52AM
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Pocket isn't end to end encrypted. It doesn't enjoy the same privacy commitments as the rest of Firefox.
Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm...
by lmedinas on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:40AM
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yeah that would be a good a idea i think the logical reason i can find for them to not do it was that Pocket was an independent business where probably Mozilla does not even own completely. Also by keeping them independent makes it easier to sell in the future.