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Mozilla Kills Pocket After Buying It
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LWN ☛ Mozilla is shutting down Pocket
Mozilla has announced
that it is shutting down Pocket, a bookmarking service acquired by Mozilla
in 2017, this coming July. "Pocket has helped millions save articles
and discover stories worth reading. But the way people use the web has
evolved, so we're channeling our resources into projects that better match
their browsing habits and online needs."
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Mozilla Kills Pocket & Fakespot to Focus on Firefox - OMG! Ubuntu
Pocket shuts down on July 8, but existing users and paying subscribers will be able to export saved stories until October 8, 2025.
After that, finito.
“Pocket has helped millions save articles and discover stories worth reading. But the way people save and consume content on the web has evolved, so we’re channeling our resources into projects that better match browsing habits today,” they say.
Why kill it? The driver, they say, was so it could “…focus our efforts on Firefox and building new solutions that give [users] real choice, control and peace of mind online,” with the promise of “more AI-powered features on the way”.
This will not mean the end of recommend stories on Firefox’s New Tab page, which are currently powered by/sourced from popular Pocket saves.
Mozilla Shuts Down Pocket and Fakespot Services
Pocket, the popular read-it-later and content discovery app, will officially shut down on July 8, 2025. Starting May 22, users can no longer download Pocket or purchase new Premium subscriptions. Existing subscriptions will be canceled, and refunds will be processed automatically for annual plans.
Users can export their saved content until October 8, 2025, after which all Pocket data will be permanently deleted. Developers will also cease having API access on that date.
Moreover, Fakespot, an AI-powered extension that evaluates the authenticity of online product reviews, will discontinue service on July 1, 2025, with Firefox’s integrated Review Checker feature shutting down earlier, on June 10.
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Mozilla will shut down Pocket
Starting July 8th, Pocket will no longer allow saving content, essentially going into read-only mode. Data can be exported until October 8th, 2025. After that date, it will be deleted.
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Shutting Down Pocket
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Pocket is Saying Goodbye: What You Need to Know
We’ve made the difficult decision to shut down Pocket on July 8, 2025. Thank you for being part of our journey over the years—we're proud of the impact Pocket has had for our users and communities.
This article explains everything you need to know, including how to save your content, get a refund (if you're a Premium user), and what to expect next.
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Mozilla Finally To Shut Down Pocket – Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3
It’s not a surprise to me given how poorly the app was treated after Mozilla took it over in 2017. The read it later service became almost unusable and I had gradually moved away from my reliance on it for bookmarking web links. My move away quickened once they decided to discontinue the Mac app. Making it a web only app ironically led to a pretty horrible user experience.
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Mozilla to shutter read-later app Pocket from July 8
Mozilla is shutting down its read-later app, Pocket, on July 8, in a significant setback for users who rely on it to save articles, highlights, notes, and archives. After July 8, users won't be able to save new content, and the app will switch to an export-only mode until October 8.
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Say goodbye to Pocket after 17 years
Pocket won't be on the app stores beginning today, May 22. New account sign-ups will be disabled, and on July 8, the app will shut down entirely and enter export-only mode. Users will have until October 8 to download their saved data before all Pocket data is permanently deleted.
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Mozilla is discontinuing Pocket and Fakespot
As of this writing, the Pocket extension and app have both been removed and made unavailable, but anyone who has previously installed either will be able to redownload until the October deadline.
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Juha-Matti Santala ☛ Mozilla is shutting down Pocket, what next?
I was saddened last week to hear news about Mozilla shutting down Pocket. I’ve been a happy user since before it was called Pocket, before it was purchased by Mozilla. I even had a lifetime premium account.
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Trying out KOReader and Wallabag (the first few days and months)
I started writing this blog post in March, completely oblivious of Mozilla’s plans of getting rid of Pocket, but with life and work being in the way I never got around to finishing it. Now that we know that Pocket is being shut down on 8 July, I decided to speed things up – and what better day to blog about eReaders than Towel Day!