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  • Karna@lemmy.ml
    9·
    10 hours ago

    Mozilla should make Fakepost source code open-source so that people (with right hardware) can self-host it.

  • fireshell@kbin.earth
    7·
    13 hours ago

    Imagine that someone collected and kept the bookmarks there, and now they will disappear. Another reason to remember that you do not need to store anything important remotely.

    • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      12 hours ago

      This is why whenever I want to save a news article, I actually save it to my computer as a PDF. Not only can your online bookmark store be shut down, the article itself can be deleted or edited especially if it’s a hot button issue.

  • fireshell@kbin.earth
    2·
    11 hours ago

    Setup Miniflux to fetch all my feeds, which I can parse through manually during the day and send over the choice pieces to Wallabag for later reading, either at lunch or at nighttime using my phone or KOReader.

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
    623·
    22 hours ago

    God damnit so they bought Fakespot, an extension that actually did good, hiding fake botted reviews and reanalyzing them - and now they’re killing it. It was literally an extension to help prevent unnecessary buying. Why the hell did they even buy it?

    We acquired Fakespot in 2023 to help people navigate unreliable product reviews using AI and privacy-first tech. While the idea resonated, it didn’t fit a model we could sustain.

    Then why did you buy it you idiots?!

  • LWD@lemm.ee
    373·
    22 hours ago

    I understand retiring Pocket after a long, long run.

    But what’s up with ending FakeSpot? They just bought that. They spent an undisclosed amount of money and are now abandoning it.

    Is the FakeSpot shuttering a sign of money totally wasted, or should I be concerned that the FakeSpot TOS allowed them to sell user data (specifically in the event of an acquisition) right before the Mozilla acquisition?

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      223·
      22 hours ago

      It’s astounding how stupid that decision was. Fakespot, quite literally a device to help deter people from buying products, was gobbled up by way too much money by Mozilla - who - apparently wanted it to make profit? How?! Why?! Why did they even buy it?

      I think it was just executive idiocy. They searched for extensions with the term privacy in them, bought it, and thought it would make their product worth more. I’m getting really tired of companies just sunsetting products the instant they don’t make money.

      We really need an open version of fakespot.

      • LWD@lemm.ee
        3·
        4 hours ago

        Teixeira v Mozilla (2024):

        Apart from Firefox, none of Mozilla’s other product offerings were profitable, with the Pocket product notably being allowed to operate in a state of negative profitability for over 5 years before Mr. Teixeira joined Mozilla.

    • Vincent@feddit.nl
      111·
      20 hours ago

      I expect that Fakespot already had problems funding themselves, and thus they were a relatively cheap acquisition, and now it turned out they couldn’t cover their own costs as part of Mozilla either. But I’ve never used it so I have no idea.

    • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
      4·
      22 hours ago

      what’s up with ending FakeSpot? They just bought that.

      Assuming the tool was not accepted and used well enough by the user base. Also Mozilla got all user data and the technology. Maybe they plan on a new project that implements part of it in the future? Mozilla is currently experimenting a lot. Shutting down lot of services should be expected.

      • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
        4·
        11 hours ago

        it was never available outside the usa i think. hard to get useful market penetration then