#fakespot — Public Fediverse posts

I just remembered to export my Pocket saves last night, and they emailed me today with a download link to a CSV file with every link I saved in it. I'm glad I was able to back everything up, but I'm still mad at Mozilla for killing Pocket (as well as killing Fakespot).

I don't understand why they acquired both companies if all they were going to do was eventually sunset them.

#pocket #fakespot #mozilla

Gibt es irgendeine Plattform für authentische Produktrezensionen von echten Menschen?

Den Bewertungen auf großen Plattformen kann man ja schon lange nicht mehr trauen, erst recht jetzt wo #Fakespot weg ist ...

Und bei den Suchmaschinen gibt es gefühlt nur noch #LLM generierte "Rezensionen" und "Vergleiche" (mit affiliate Links)...

#Rezension

Another Mozilla casualty.

Michael Tsai - Blog - Fakespot Shuts Down
#tech #Fakespot #Mozilla
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/07/02/fakespot-shuts-down/

✨Fakespot's valiant 9-year battle against the fake review apocalypse ends with a whimper, not a bang. Now shoppers are left to navigate the treacherous seas of online reviews like blindfolded pirates 😵‍💫. Good luck, Mozilla's acquisition definitely worked wonders! 🏴‍☠️
https://blog.truestar.pro/fakespot-shuts-down/ #Fakespot #FakeReviews #OnlineShopping #MozillaPirates #ReviewScam #HackerNews #ngated

✨Fakespot's valiant 9-year battle against the fake review apocalypse ends with a whimper, not a bang. Now shoppers are left to navigate the treacherous seas of online reviews like blindfolded pirates 😵‍💫. Good luck, Mozilla's acquisition definitely worked wonders! 🏴‍☠️
https://blog.truestar.pro/fakespot-shuts-down/ #Fakespot #FakeReviews #OnlineShopping #MozillaPirates #ReviewScam #HackerNews #ngated

✨Fakespot's valiant 9-year battle against the fake review apocalypse ends with a whimper, not a bang. Now shoppers are left to navigate the treacherous seas of online reviews like blindfolded pirates 😵‍💫. Good luck, Mozilla's acquisition definitely worked wonders! 🏴‍☠️
https://blog.truestar.pro/fakespot-shuts-down/ #Fakespot #FakeReviews #OnlineShopping #MozillaPirates #ReviewScam #HackerNews #ngated

✨Fakespot's valiant 9-year battle against the fake review apocalypse ends with a whimper, not a bang. Now shoppers are left to navigate the treacherous seas of online reviews like blindfolded pirates 😵‍💫. Good luck, Mozilla's acquisition definitely worked wonders! 🏴‍☠️
https://blog.truestar.pro/fakespot-shuts-down/ #Fakespot #FakeReviews #OnlineShopping #MozillaPirates #ReviewScam #HackerNews #ngated

Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake product reviews

https://blog.truestar.pro/fakespot-shuts-down/

#HackerNews #Fakespot #Shuts #Down #Fakespot #Fake #Reviews #Product #Reviews #Tech #News

Couldn't give a rat's ass about #Pocket shutting down, but #Fakespot was actually USEFUL.
Real annoying that's going away next month. Need a replacement.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/building-whats-next/

Fakespot will shut down on July 1, 2025

https://www.fakespot.com/

#HackerNews #Fakespot #Shutdown #Fakespot #News #ConsumerProtection #OnlineShopping #ECommerce

"#Mozilla is shutting down #Pocket, the handy bookmarking tool used to save articles and webpages for later. Mozilla is also sunsetting its fake reviews detector, #Fakespot."

https://www.theverge.com/news/672924/mozilla-pocket-fakespot-shutting-down

#AI companies are removing more useful features - #Microsoft are stopping coupon suggestions whilst shopping in Edge (about the only good thing about Edge), and #Mozilla are cancelling #Fakespot which I use to check if sellers have a dodgy reputation.

Time to see if Mozilla has any useful extensions as replacements.

Aus für Bookmark-App: #Mozilla stampft #Pocket ein | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Aus-fuer-Bookmark-App-Mozilla-stampft-Pocket-ein-10393892.html #MozillaPocket #Fakespot #MozillaFakespot

Aus für Bookmark-App: #Mozilla stampft #Pocket ein | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Aus-fuer-Bookmark-App-Mozilla-stampft-Pocket-ein-10393892.html #MozillaPocket #Fakespot #MozillaFakespot

Aus für Bookmark-App: #Mozilla stampft #Pocket ein | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Aus-fuer-Bookmark-App-Mozilla-stampft-Pocket-ein-10393892.html #MozillaPocket #Fakespot #MozillaFakespot

Aus für Bookmark-App: #Mozilla stampft #Pocket ein | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Aus-fuer-Bookmark-App-Mozilla-stampft-Pocket-ein-10393892.html #MozillaPocket #Fakespot #MozillaFakespot

Aus für Bookmark-App: #Mozilla stampft #Pocket ein | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Aus-fuer-Bookmark-App-Mozilla-stampft-Pocket-ein-10393892.html #MozillaPocket #Fakespot #MozillaFakespot

Mozilla ha deciso di chiudere #Pocket, il servizio read it later che aveva acquisito nel 2017. Anche #Fakespot subirà la mannaia di #Mozilla e chiuderà a breve. La società ha comunicato di voler concentrare i propri sforzi su progetti con un maggiore impatto. Staremo a vedere… 🤷 https://getpocket.com/farewell

Fakespot shutdown: Mozilla is killing fakespot, a useful tool for finding fake reviews of Amazon products
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/mozilla-is-killing-its-pocket-and-fakespot-services-to-focus-on-firefox/
#fakespot #shutdown #shopping #internet #mozilla #review #-

#Mozilla to shut down #Pocket and #Fakespot

An alternative to try wallabag
$ docker run -p 80:80 -e "SYMFONY__ENV__DOMAIN_NAME=http://localhost" wallabag/wallabag

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/future-of-pocket

#Mozilla se débarrasse de Pocket et Fakespot - https://next.ink/brief_article/mozilla-se-debarrasse-de-pocket-et-fakespot/

> C’est une nouvelle salve de suppressions chez Mozilla, toujours dans l’idée d’alléger son fonctionnement et de mieux se concentrer sur #Firefox. Cette fois, c’est au tour de #Pocket et #Fakespot.

Qui ira écrire le premier commentaire en signalant l'existence du fabuleux #wallabag ?

Really starting to lose hope in Mozilla. You really notice it's a company that just doesn't know what is wants. First it wants to diversify, acquires some projects, kills them off almost immediately (fakespot). Now it is trying to focus on Firefox, which will almost certainly not become profitable (without annoying away all the users at least).
#pocket #mozilla #firefox #fakespot

#Mozilla is shutting down "Pocket" and "Fakespot".

#Pocket was a pseudo bookmaking tool meant to help you discover and save things to read later in the short term without committing them to an actual bookmark. Pocket shuts down July 8th.

#Fakespot was a product review analysis tool to help people make better purchasing decisions. Fakespot shuts down July 1st.

Headline: Investing in what moves the internet forward

Source: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/building-whats-next/

#Firefox

Lilbits: Mozilla kills Pocket and Fakespot, ASRock crams a desktop Arrow Lake chip into a 1.92 liter mini PC

Eighteen years ago a Firefox browser extension called Read It Later was launched, providing a way to save web pages to… well, read later. Over time the service added features, changed its name to Pocket, launched mobile apps, and got acquired by Firefox maker Mozilla.

Now Mozilla has announced plans to shut down Pocket on July 8, 2025. Users can export (some of) their data until October, […]

#amazon #arrowLake #asrock #asrockDeskminiQ870 #ayaneo #ayaneoFlip #ayaneoFlip1s #beaglebone #colorful #computex2025 #dualScreen #fakespot #foldable #foldableTablet #handheldGamingPc #lilbits #miniPc #mozilla #pocket #pocketbeagle #pocketbeagle2 #pocketbeagle2RevA1 #readItLater #strixHalo

Read more: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-mozilla-kills-pocket-and-fakespot-asrock-crams-a-desktop-arrow-lake-chip-into-a-1-92-liter-mini-pc/

Lilbits: Mozilla kills Pocket and Fakespot, ASRock crams a desktop Arrow Lake chip into a 1.92 liter mini PC

Eighteen years ago a Firefox browser extension called Read It Later was launched, providing a way to save web pages to… well, read later. Over time the service added features, changed its name to Pocket, launched mobile apps, and got acquired by Firefox maker Mozilla.

Now Mozilla has announced plans to shut down Pocket on July 8, 2025. Users can export (some of) their data until October, […]

#amazon #arrowLake #asrock #asrockDeskminiQ870 #ayaneo #ayaneoFlip #ayaneoFlip1s #beaglebone #colorful #computex2025 #dualScreen #fakespot #foldable #foldableTablet #handheldGamingPc #lilbits #miniPc #mozilla #pocket #pocketbeagle #pocketbeagle2 #pocketbeagle2RevA1 #readItLater #strixHalo

Read more: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-mozilla-kills-pocket-and-fakespot-asrock-crams-a-desktop-arrow-lake-chip-into-a-1-92-liter-mini-pc/

Lilbits: Mozilla kills Pocket and Fakespot, ASRock crams a desktop Arrow Lake chip into a 1.92 liter mini PC

Eighteen years ago a Firefox browser extension called Read It Later was launched, providing a way to save web pages to… well, read later. Over time the service added features, changed its name to Pocket, launched mobile apps, and got acquired by Firefox maker Mozilla.

Now Mozilla has announced plans to shut down Pocket on July 8, 2025. Users can export (some of) their data until October, […]

#amazon #arrowLake #asrock #asrockDeskminiQ870 #ayaneo #ayaneoFlip #ayaneoFlip1s #beaglebone #colorful #computex2025 #dualScreen #fakespot #foldable #foldableTablet #handheldGamingPc #lilbits #miniPc #mozilla #pocket #pocketbeagle #pocketbeagle2 #pocketbeagle2RevA1 #readItLater #strixHalo

Read more: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-mozilla-kills-pocket-and-fakespot-asrock-crams-a-desktop-arrow-lake-chip-into-a-1-92-liter-mini-pc/

Lilbits: Mozilla kills Pocket and Fakespot, ASRock crams a desktop Arrow Lake chip into a 1.92 liter mini PC

Eighteen years ago a Firefox browser extension called Read It Later was launched, providing a way to save web pages to… well, read later. Over time the service added features, changed its name to Pocket, launched mobile apps, and got acquired by Firefox maker Mozilla.

Now Mozilla has announced plans to shut down Pocket on July 8, 2025. Users can export (some of) their data until October, […]

#amazon #arrowLake #asrock #asrockDeskminiQ870 #ayaneo #ayaneoFlip #ayaneoFlip1s #beaglebone #colorful #computex2025 #dualScreen #fakespot #foldable #foldableTablet #handheldGamingPc #lilbits #miniPc #mozilla #pocket #pocketbeagle #pocketbeagle2 #pocketbeagle2RevA1 #readItLater #strixHalo

Read more: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-mozilla-kills-pocket-and-fakespot-asrock-crams-a-desktop-arrow-lake-chip-into-a-1-92-liter-mini-pc/

https://www.theverge.com/news/672924/mozilla-pocket-fakespot-shutting-down

and

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

and

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/mozilla-kills-pocket-so-it-can-focus-on-firefox

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Mozilla, is loosing a lot of money.

They officially received notice from the U.S. National Science Foundation that they’re terminating the $1.05 million USD Mozilla Common Voice grant.

More cuts are on the horizon.

So they have decided to kill Pocket & Fakespot, to focus on other projects.

If anyone knows of a good pocket replacement out there, please let me know

#Mozilla #Firefox #Pocket #Fakespot

Mozilla chiude Fakespot
#Mozilla #fakespot

Dopo l’annuncio della chiusura di Pocket, ecco arrivare un’altra vittima della mannaia dell’austerity di Mozilla. Fakespot chiuderà i battenti il ​​1° luglio 2025. Dal 1° luglio non sarà più possibile utilizzare le estensioni, le app mobili o il sito web di Fakespot.

https://www.marcosbox.com/2025/05/22/mozilla-chiude-fakespot/

@benpocalypse @redcrew @bkardell me too. shopping won't feel as safe without #fakespot.

Mozilla lukker ned for Pocket og Fakespot for at fokusere på Firefox #Mozilla #Pocket #Fakespot #Firefox

https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/22/mozilla-announces-shutdown-of-pocket/

#Mozilla acquisitions of #Pocket and #FakeSpot never made any sense in the first place, and while I hate to see their respective users being left in the dust with their shutdown, I'm glad Mozilla have finally acknowledged that they must focus on #Firefox. It was about time.

Oups, #Fakespot und #Pocket werden eingestellt. Nutze ich beide gern und viel. Kennt jemand Alternativen, evtl. auch #selbstgehostet? https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/mozilla-stellt-auch-fakespot-ein/

" #Pocket shuts down July 8, 2025 [...] #Fakespot will begin shutting down on July 1, 2025."

Sigh, I know they have to make cuts to keep Firefox alive, but there's nothing out there like Fakespot. 😕

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/building-whats-next/

The amount for which @mozillaofficial purchased #Pocket back in 2017 never was disclosed. I am sure it was various millions of dollars.

Anyhow - Mozilla is shutting down Pocket on July 8th 2025.

Oh they are also shutting down #Fakespot after buying it in 2023.

blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/building-whats-next/

TIL 💡
"Mozilla’s Fakespot Deepfake Detector Firefox add-on may can help give you an indication ... if the text you’re reading online was written by a real human or spat out by a large language model (LLM) trying to sound like one."

It can be helpful to find out if the words (e.g.: in a talk proposal you are reviewing) are likely to be written by a human or if they show AI patterns 🤖

By @omgubuntu 🙏

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/deepfake-is-an-ai-detector-firefox-addon

#Mozilla #AI #LLM #Fakespot #Deepfake #Detector #ApolloDFT

#Mozilla's New #AI Detector AddOn for #Firefox
Uses Mozillas proprietary #ApolloDFT engine and #opensource detection models. But unlike some tools, #Fakespot #Deepfake Detector browser extension is #free, does not require a signup, nor an app. "After installing the extension, it is simple to highlight any text online and request an instant analysis. Our Detector will tell you right away if the words are likely to be written by a human or if they show AI patterns" -Mozilla
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/deepfake-is-an-ai-detector-firefox-addon

GTL: Maximise your (Amazon) Purchases

Make informed purchases! Whether you're a seasoned online shopper or just looking to save some cash, we've got you covered. We'll explore tools that help you track prices, compare prices across European Amazon sites for extra savings, and identify potentially fake or biased reviews. #EUshopping #AmazonDeals #GTL #PriceComparison #SmartShopper #TTMO #Fakespot #PriceTracking #SmartShopping #TechTips #AmazonFinds #FakeReviews

https://www.alanbonnici.com/2025/01/maximise-your-amazon-purchases-feb-2025.html

#Mozilla buys #Fakespot, that identifies #fake #reviews, to bring #shopping tools to #Firefox Firefox users will have access to a trustworthy shopping tool that will help improve the e-commerce experience. The announcement comes a few weeks after Mozilla launched an AI-focused startup called #MozillaAI. The newly forged company’s mission isn’t to build just any #AI — its mission is to build AI that’s open source and “trustworthy,”
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/02/mozilla-buys-fakespot-identifies-fake-reviews-shopping-tools-firefox/