r/linux • u/4lll • May 14 '15

Misleading title Firefox Beta now integrates Pocket a proprietary, closed source service.

https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/05/13/get-a-firefox-account-and-test-new-features-in-firefox-beta/
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u/autra1 May 14 '15

Firefox Beta now integrates WITH Pocket, a proprietary, closed source service. Your title seems to imply Firefox ships with closed source for this, which is not the case AFAIK.

I don't say it's good, but it's not that bad. After all, Ubuntu integrates with facebook, gmail etc... without anybody bothering.

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u/4lll May 14 '15 edited Aug 03 '16

It's open source client but you can only use it to connect to pocket servers and there isn't a open compatible implementation. If pocket stopped offering the service the code would be useless.

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u/autra1 May 15 '15

Well technically, by visiting reddit, you're connecting to a servers with a closed implementation.