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How can you compare the Pocket thing with Facebook? The good kid messed up this time. And you can simply ignore it, don't have to use it. Yes like you can decide not to use Facebook, but then all your friends and family use it, or use Instagram of Whatsapp and force you to use it. That includes uploading your complete contact list two or three times.

Do you have to use Firefox because your family uses it? I don't think so.

How do those two compare?

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They are repeating it with the Cliqz integration now. I love Firefox, but these decisions are baffling!

Months after the whole Pocket thing, they destroyed the Firefox on Android homepage to replace it with 60% "Recommended by Pocket" articles. I'm not sure how they determine what's recommended for me, but it seems an awful lot like sending browser history to this company. And even if not, I'm not interested in this bullshit, I just want my bookmarks homescreen (with HN and some other sites I check regularly). Oh and the WebExtension thing which breaks every single reason I'd use Firefox over Chrome. All extensions that do not exist for Chrome because Firefox' model was more powerful, can no longer exist in the new Firefox.

It's terrible decision after terrible decision. In another HN thread someone called it intentional decisions by someone wishing Mozilla harm. I don't think there's bad intentions, but I can see why it seems like it.

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