Pocket's backend remains closed-source in spite of Mozilla claiming they'd open it, which spits in the face of the moral position they're supposed to hold. It's also set up so that by default it displays ads on the new tab page. While obviously I can disable this, the fact that I have to fight Firefox at all to make it not show me ads and not push me towards a proprietary service rather sacrifices their whole "fights for the user" position. Also on a pragmatic note, I go through enough profiles that disabling it is actually a reoccurring irritation.
> I often hear people with savage opinions about Pocket. Can you state what hardship this has caused you? Did it violate your privacy? Does it impose extra layers of clicking to get work done or occupy valuable screen space? Is it helping to fund child slave labor?
It does in fact impose extra clicks and occupy screen space. People are in fact allowed to care about ethical issues short of child slave labor.
> when someone online reports how this molehill is a mountain to them
I'm so sorry; I didn't realize that your priorities were the universal standard.
> I also wonder where they place their mouths while browsing that they experience it as being shoved down their throats.
And I wonder whether you're incapable of understanding a metaphor or simply revel in dismissing legitimate concerns.
> I often hear people with savage opinions about Pocket. Can you state what hardship this has caused you? Did it violate your privacy? Does it impose extra layers of clicking to get work done or occupy valuable screen space? Is it helping to fund child slave labor?
It does in fact impose extra clicks and occupy screen space. People are in fact allowed to care about ethical issues short of child slave labor.
> when someone online reports how this molehill is a mountain to them
I'm so sorry; I didn't realize that your priorities were the universal standard.
> I also wonder where they place their mouths while browsing that they experience it as being shoved down their throats.
And I wonder whether you're incapable of understanding a metaphor or simply revel in dismissing legitimate concerns.
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