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What the hell is this horror show shit that keeps showing up in Pocket? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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Look at it! What is that? It looks kind of like a cross section of a human, kind of, except the eyes are pools of blackened fire and the brain is sending electrical pulses out to... are those Jupiters? Why? Why??? This is absolute nightmare shit lol

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[+] 102 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    anyone know good alternative to pocket?

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Having a purse allows even more storage

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Would not recommend. That's how you end up with lopsided shoulders and a bad back.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    No, but a good option that still works:

    • Disable pocket from the FF home page.
    • Get your personalised RSS link from your pocket profile
    • Add it to RSS reader of choice
    • Click pocket button on article
    • Read in RSS reader
    • Never see sponsored crap
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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I haven't tried it yet but I've heard good things about omnivore

    I also just found shiori

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I tried omnivore for a bit because it’s pretty clean and seems to integrate well with other apps like Obsidian, Logseq, etc. but I found it to be a little too sparse. I’m currently using raindrop.ion and that’s hitting the sweet spot for me. I think a big part of it is that omnivore is geared strongly toward heavy readers, so as a designer I save a lot of things for viewing more than reading, and more of an archive for projects and thoughts than something to catch up with. And I’ve got my reading list, movie list, software list, and all sorts of others in there that it’s closer to a personal Pinterest than a read it later app.

    It is a really nice app though so if someone’s in the market for a reading-first definitely check it out! I’m personally really digging my personal knowledge archive with raindrop.ion and think it’s worth checking out too!

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    • [–] 43 points 2 years ago

    I've never allowed pocket to be enabled long enough to even see what it looks like, lol.

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    [–] 37 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Well, it's advertising, so they will systematically and programmatically identify whatever imagery will gain your attention (which this has)

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Are they watching me through my camera to see where my eyes are looking? It's not like I ever click on ads lol

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I don't know how Firefox does it for Pocket, but you're overcomplicating it.

    Just have to track what stays on your screen longer. They could also account for where your attention likely is on the visible screen based off what, if anything, you are interacting with (menus etc).

    If you scroll past something in a second, but leave something else on your screen roughly in the middle without scrolling past it or moving to a menu for 3 seconds then it's pretty obvious which caught your attention.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago*

    This! JavaScript also supports hoverover and many other cursor events besides mere clicking, and I (an adtech engineer, now reformed) collected those types of events in our sdk

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    • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    hustle culture protip: you can pay off rent this month by selling your soul to moloch!

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    • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Maybe if we didn't spend all our money on... whatever this is, money wouldn't be so tight.

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    TIL there are folks who don't immediately turn pocket off on a fresh install...

    Anyway, yeah, that pic is pretty weird

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    • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Have you tried simply disabling pocket?

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    • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Pocket has been techbro nightmare shit for years. I always disable it the moment I can.

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    • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    looks like an accurate depiction of the effects poverty has on the human brain

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    [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Best Librewolf advertisement

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It would be if there wasn't a very simple way to completely disable pocket

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    True, but if you count that on top of the other settings worth changing then it adds up. That said, I still use Firefox so I'm not even including myself lol

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I keep seeing this mentioned. There's no reason to use Libre or Water or any other fork of FF if you realize you can pretty much make FF do whatever the hell you want. Then you get all the current updates and security patches as well.

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    • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Some ai generated bullshit

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    [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Recommended by Pocket stories on the New Tab page is a feature currently available in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany, Italy, France and Spain. We're working to bring it to other countries.

    i've never seen it before, thanks for the tip

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    • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What is pennyhoarder? I see their articles everywhere. It’s crazy how they have managed to insert themselves so completely.

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