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.

pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It literally takes 5 seconds to remove it.

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  • fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No time, need to shit post

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  • Hugin@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    But you can’t remove pocket from firefox just disable it. Given that it wa also a close source binary blob that made firefox not completely open source I’m glad it’s going.

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• Mataresian@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Wasn’t it possible to remove that button?

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  • pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Possible: yes

    Convenient: no

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    • umbraroze@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It’s literally in the same place as all other UI customising, though. I consider that as convenient as it gets.

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      • Zacryon@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        “Oh no, I have to move the mouse for about 10 cm!”

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      • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Wasn’t it in about:config? Or maybe it used to be.

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    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      ?

      You can just right click on it and hit “remove from toolbar.” That’s all it takes.

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      Putting it back in my toolbar for the purposes of taking this screenshot was actually more clicks.

      You can actually do this with most, but not all, of the toolbar items. You can even 86 the refresh button that way if you’re feeling truly perverse.

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• ptu@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  On Firefox? I’ve used it for years and this is the first time I hear of Pocket

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  • Alaknar@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    On Firefox? I’ve used it for years and this is the first time I hear of Pocket

    And then people get all pissy when Google or Microsoft show a pop-up of a new feature…

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    • Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      In a world without dark design patterns, there would be a single pop-up when you first install the application, to ask if you want notifications and/or suggestions for new features. If you click “no”, it should never bother you again unless you go into a menu and opt in. Anything beyond that is inherently predatory.

      Ideally, that pop-up wouldn’t even exist. They could just have a collective “don’t bother me again” checkbox on every non-essential notification, so you can easily disable it the first time they become relevant. If your user has already indicated that they are not interested, any further pestering is essentially harassment.

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      • Alaknar@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        In a world without dark design patterns, there would be a single pop-up when you first install the application, to ask if you want notifications and/or suggestions for new features

        This is exactly how it works in things like Office or Edge.

        If you click “no”, it should never bother you again unless you go into a menu and opt in

        Yup. Or unless a new feature is introduced, in which case a new pop-up appears. That’s precisely how it works.

        Ideally, that pop-up wouldn’t even exist. They could just have a collective “don’t bother me again” checkbox on every non-essential notification

        Edge, most of the time, just opens a new tab with “Your Edge was updated” and a list of new things.

        If your user has already indicated that they are not interested, any further pestering is essentially harassment.

        If it was about the same feature that you already dismissed - yeah, I get the sentiment. If it’s about completely new things - it’s a really weird thing to say. How are users supposed to know that something new was introduced? Sift through thousands of lines of changelogs…?

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    • ptu@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yes, Microsoft is especially bad in this regard. For this whole spring have I clicked hundeds of times that I’m aware that my trial is ending. They also introduced a new feature that they promote on a space that takes literally half the screen. And youtube premium, oh boy.

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      • Alaknar@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        For this whole spring have I clicked hundeds of times that I’m aware that my trial is ending

        This is… not quite related to the topic, no? Trial ending warning is not a “hey, here’s a new feature you might want to try out”.

        They also introduced a new feature that they promote on a space that takes literally half the screen

        Could you elaborate? I used to use Edge as my daily driver, now it’s my secondary browser. I have no clue what you mean here.

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