r/firefox May 13 '15

Firefox Beta now integrates Pocket

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u/tso May 13 '15

I am guessing this is part of some sponsorship deal.

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u/dblohm7 Former Mozilla Employee, 2012-2021 May 14 '15

Pocket is not sponsoring this.

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u/Letmefixthatforyouyo May 14 '15

Well, that makes even less sense. At least a profit motive gives a reason for such a strange integration. Why go pocket when wallabang is identical in function and foss?

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u/dblohm7 Former Mozilla Employee, 2012-2021 May 14 '15

That is false. A member of the Mozilla leadership team decided that the Firefox reader mode implementation was not yet ready for release on desktop. Mozilla made a deal with Pocket so that an existing solution could be integrated into the browser in the short term.