[k-mcgrady]

When did they build in Pocket? I didn't like when they added Hello but this seems even stranger. I guess they're getting money from Pocket for it in the same way they get money from Google for search but users can opt-out of Google search - from those complaints it doesn't sound possible for Pocket. (Please let me know if I'm wrong).

[Mahn]

About a month or so ago. The rationale was that Firefox used to have or intended to have a similar read for later feature but they decided to scrap it in favour of direct integration with Pocket. Oddly enough, Mozilla employees claim there wasn't money involved in the integration. See this thread for more: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9667809

[asquabventured]

1) Type about:config in the browser's address bar and hit the enter-key afterwards.

2) Confirm that you will be careful if the prompt appears.

3) Search for browser.pocket.enabled.

4) Double-click on the preference to toggle its state from true to false.

This disables Pocket in Firefox and the icon should be gone once you restart the browser.

Source: http://www.ghacks.net/2015/05/14/how-to-disable-pocket-in-fi...

[jimmahoney]

But this procedure leaves it in the booksmarks menu - far from ideal.

[asquabventured]

From the referenced link above:

Please note that you may end up with an "View Pocket List" entry in the bookmarks menu when you disable Pocket this way.

If you want to get rid of the bookmarks menu entry as well, you need to handle things slightly different.

1) Make sure Pocket is enabled in Firefox (browser.pocket.enabled is set to true). The icon should show up in the main Firefox toolbar.

2) Click on the Hamburger menu icon and select customize from the options.

3) Drag and drop the Pocket icon away from the toolbar so that it is not visible anymore.

4) This hides the bookmarks menu entry as well.

[morganvachon]

You can delete the button, and you can go into about:config, turn off switches and set strings to "null". But the code is baked in, and your work to disable it will likely be reversed with each Firefox update. There's nothing nefarious about the Pocket code in Firefox from what I've seen, but the service it connects your browser to is opaque, closed source, and the ToS is hostile and aggressive towards openness.

In short, it should have remained an extension.

[azeirah]

I don't know why exactly they chose to include pocket into Firefox. I do know that it has been stated that Mozilla does -not- receive money from Pocket usage.

I'm very confused as to why they didn't just leave it as an opt-in plugin.

[zokier]

Mozilla does not get money from Pocket

source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2930532/reading-service-pocke...

There's no monetary benefit to Mozilla from the integration: Pocket didn't pay for placement in the browser.

[cscharenberg]

Which is odd, because that means Mozilla is paying Pocket for it by funding developer and support time. The fact Pocket is not paying is a bad thing: it's a one-way drain on Mozilla resources. How is this a fair partnership?