"Pocket, an app for saving and reading articles later, is shutting down on July 8, Mozilla announced today.

The company sent an email with the subject line “Important Update: Pocket is Saying Goodbye,” around 2 p.m. EST and I immediately started wailing when I saw it.

“You’ll be able to keep using the app and browser extensions until then. However, starting May 22, 2025, you won’t be able to download the apps or purchase a new Pocket Premium subscription,” the announcement says. Users can export saved articles until October 8, 2025, after which point all Pocket accounts and data will be permanently deleted.

The Mozilla-owned Pocket, formerly known as “Read It Later,” launched in August 2007 as a Firefox browser extension that let users save articles to… well, read later. Mozilla acquired Pocket in 2017."

https://www.404media.co/pocket-app-shutting-down-mozilla/

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    • Successful_Try543@feddit.org
      5·
      9 days ago

      AfaIk, the sites, i.e. their content, were saved, not the link which might be dead after a while or the site’s content might have been changed in the meanwhile.

      • Kekzkrieger@feddit.org
        2·
        9 days ago

        I mean okay, very niche feature that wayback machine also kinda provides. Also if i save an article i wanna read it in the next 2-6 weeks max, so if its already dead then its very unlucky.

        If i want to read it in about years time or longer who knows if i even will be alive then

  • viscacha@feddit.org
    3·
    9 days ago

    It was a hot mess from the start. Overloaded UI, sluggish performance, and completely useless “social” features that nobody asked for. I won’t miss it one second.