Comment on Mozilla is shutting down Pocket, their read-it-later and content discovery app, and Fakespot, their browser extension that analyzes the authenticity of online product reviews.

IsaamoonKHGDT_6143@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• lime@feddit.nu ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  because it’s all Apache 2.0 or MPL

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• CannedYeet@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s a service. It doesn’t just run in the browser.

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  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You mean, perfect for self-hosting? 😀

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    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      good luck pointing your kobo to your self hosted instance.

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      • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        My wife is the Kobo user, so I don’t know what tools are available.

        But seeing how there’s already a self-hosted sync service available, I’m sure it’s not impossible for Pocket (or something like it) to be developed in the open-source community.

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  • GuyDudeman@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It SHOULD!

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    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      the main point of it afaik is access from other mechines, and different kinds of devices. how did you imagine it?

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      • GuyDudeman@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Something like RES maybe… supply your own storage?

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