Mozilla in the present day stated that it’s shutting down Pocket, the read-it-later service that enables customers to save lots of articles, movies, and webpages to view later. The corporate additionally plans to finish work on Fakespot, a browser extension and web site that analyzes the authenticity of on-line product opinions.
Pocket is a well known service that streamlines articles, providing a distraction-free studying expertise. It contains offline entry, text-to-speech choices, and tagging capabilities. Pocket has been built-in in Firefox since 2015, and Mozilla purchased the service in 2017.
Fakespot is a web based assessment checking web site that Mozilla purchased two years in the past and built-in into Firefox, however Mozilla stated Fakespot “did not match a mannequin [it] may maintain.”
Pocket is not obtainable for obtain as of in the present day, and there’s no longer an choice to buy a Pocket Premium subscription. The Pocket shutdown will occur on July 8, 2025, and customers can have till October 8, 2025 to export Pocket information earlier than they’re completely deleted.
Pocket Premium month-to-month and annual subscriptions shall be canceled robotically, and annual subscribers will obtain refunds after July 8. Entry to the Pocket API will finish on October 8, and information will must be exported earlier than then.
Mozilla is shutting down the Fakespot extensions, cell apps, and web sites on July 1, 2025 and the Fakespot Evaluate Checker in Firefox will shut down on June 10, 2025.
In response to Mozilla, whereas Pocket is common and has over 10 million customers, “the best way individuals save and devour content material on the internet has advanced.” Because of this, the corporate plans to focus time and sources on Firefox, and develop initiatives that higher match present shopping habits.
Pocket customers who’re searching for an alternate have plenty of choices to contemplate, together with Instapaper, Wallabag, and Raindrop.io.
