The one thing I don't like about this article (and indeed, much of the discourse around the Pocket integration) is its characterization of the Pocket integration itself. It calls it an “opt-out non-removable [extension]”. The truth is that you can easily disable it just as you can easily disable many other things that Firefox includes by-default. In fact, if you use Classic Theme Restorer (I use it not because I dislike australis, but because I really do not want a navigation toolbar), it has an option baked in to disable Pocket along with webrtc, et al.

Admittedly, I suppose it would be nice if Firefox actually packaged Pocket as a real extension that could be removed from the Extensions menu, but they have already integrated several things without using that schema.

I still use firefox, just with more and more things disabled, because none of the other browsers out there even come close to having what I need in a GUI browser (though, I would note that I'm evermore tempted to abandon GUI browsing altogether).

Either way, the write-up is great, and everything in the article other than that one characterization (which rubbed me a bit the wrong way in the wake of all the fevered discussions around the Pocket Integration) was a truly enjoyable read. Not to mention, it's great that the Pocket devs fixed things quickly; that's always a plus!