Over at ghacks, Martin Brinkmann writes:
Mozilla has added Pocket, a third-party "save for later" service, to Firefox Beta (and other development channels of the browser).
This is based on the proprietary former addon pocket, which is now no longer supported since it is being integrated.
It's only the beta channel, but this has all the hallmarks of a half-baked revenue stream for Mozilla that ultimately sells out user privacy - and what's worse, is opt-out, rather than opt-in.
Sponsored tiles on the new tab page, changing default search settings during updates, surrendering on DRM, and now this... Mozilla keeps finding ways to make it hard to stay a supporter. Here's hoping they hear some feedback on this decision before it gets out of beta!
What are the best available browser options for users wanting to protect their privacy as much as possible, as well as run a bloat-free browser? Pale Moon? Midori?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by hemocyanin on Wednesday May 20 2015, @10:11PM
It'll happen. Firefox was the lightweight answer to the bloat Netscape had become. Something else will be the lightweight answer to the bloat Firefox has become.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 21 2015, @06:58AM
Even better. Mozilla was the small browser, that got rid of a lot of the bloat Netscape had. Firefox was the small browser that got rid of a lot of the bloat Mozilla had.
Yes, we are overdue for a new cycle.