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This sums it up nicely. I refuse to use Firefox until they remove Pocket, it's an absolute tragedy that it was ever included by default and forced onto a user base that never asked for it.

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What's your problem with them including a technology they own in their browser?

It was acquired so that Mozilla could create a new revenue stream with recommended & sponsored content. To rephrase, they forced a feature on me so that they could sell ads.

Gotcha, that's reasonable.

And thanks for answering and not just dismissing the question.

First, they didn't own Pocket when it was first integrated. Second, for years Firefox removed features like tab groups in order to make the browser easier to maintain because that functionality could be added as a plugin. Then they force everyone to use a plugin for a proprietary service? It was very hypocritical of them and I still have a bad taste in my mouth from that.

pocket.enabled in about:config, set the value to “false”.

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