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Mozilla Has 'No Plans' To Offer Firefox Without Pocket (venturebeat.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the they-go-together-like-peanut-butter-and-pocket dept.

An anonymous reader writes: In June, Mozilla integrated Pocket into Firefox, garnering a mixed response from the browser's community. This week, VentureBeat stumbled upon a Bugzilla ticket (bug 1215694) to "move Pocket to a built-in add-on" and immediately reached out to the company. "There are currently no plans to offer a version of Firefox that doesn't include Pocket," said Dave Camp, Firefox's director of engineering.

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  1. browser.pocket.enabled = false by Luthair · · Score: 5, Informative

    NT

    1. Re: browser.pocket.enabled = false by hairyfeet · · Score: 5, Informative

      What you want is Pale Moon which is FF without the bullshit, NO Australis, NO Pocket, and NO ending the extensions, in fact they've been reaching out to ext devs to get them to support PM which now has its own user agent string and the ones who don't they are compiling their own version.

      I've been using them a couple years and its a rock solid dependable browser without the politics and crap, try it I bet you'll like it. Oh and before somebody asks they've recently added a Linux build which you can either get with the installer or through tarball, your choice.

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    2. Re: browser.pocket.enabled = false by qubezz · · Score: 5, Informative

      Payola. That's the only reason why a third-party plugin would be forced onto an unwilling user base. Who's getting the money, and how much?

  2. Re:Could you at least hint what "Pocket" is? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    As far as I can tell, it's a 3rd party bookmarking system.

  3. Re:Iceweasel for Windows? by twocows · · Score: 5, Informative

    You might want to look into Pale Moon.

  4. No problem. by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Informative

    [about:config] browser.pocket.enabled = false

    Every time Mozilla releases an update, I have to search through the config settings for new ".enabled" things to disable. (sigh)

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  5. Re:Iceweasel for Windows? by RDW · · Score: 4, Informative

    I just did. Alas, I do not wish to download anything that only offers a so-called "web installer".

    You don't have to. The offline installers are linked from the 'Download' dropdown menu right there on their home page.

  6. Re:Iceweasel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    But the browser you build is not a Firefox® browser. Instead, Gentoo users have to go the Iceweasel route.

    That's incorrect. The Mozilla license forbids distribution of the Firefox package if built from modified sources, but anyone building Firefox for himself or herself is free to build the package to suit. That's what happens on Gentoo machines when building Firefox without the bindist USE flag. The firefox on my machines is is Mozilla-branded Firefox, but with Gentoo patches. I can't distribute that, but I can sure use it.

  7. Re:Could you at least hint what "Pocket" is? by Dr.+Evil · · Score: 5, Informative

    "...the manner in which videos, articles or content has been accessed, saved and shared. We may use aggregated information to offer a list of top sites or content, or to make suggestions to our users or to report on usage and trends. We may also analyze and use aggregated information to improve the products and services that we offer, and to develop new products and services. "

    Yep.

    https://getpocket.com/privacy

    It's written a bit slimy, making strong statements then giving really innocent examples. I'm reading it while trying to keep in mind that a service to store your bookmarks is going to have to have a privacy policy which allows them to store your bookmarks.

    Everything free is malware these days, and many things paid.

  8. Re:Could you at least hint what "Pocket" is? by StormReaver · · Score: 5, Informative

    Pocket is a proprietary usage tracking system. You sign up for an account, which is how the tracking is performed. Then you can save Web pages, videos, etc. to your hard drive using the Pocket system to you can view the content offline later. All the while, Pocket is building a database of what you saved, which laws you've broken (to be handed over to law enforcement upon request), what your viewing preferences are, etc.

  9. Re:/Oblg. No plans to use Firefox then by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    They both report back to google, and other builds like srware iron are mostly placebo