In an unexpected move aimed at advancing its flagship product, Mozilla has revealed plans to sunset two of its services—Pocket and Fakespot—as it refocuses its efforts on enhancing Firefox.
As users’ everyday needs evolve alongside with the web itself, it’s imperative we focus our efforts on Firefox and building new solutions that give you real choice, control and peace of mind online.
With that in mind, we’ve made the difficult decision to phase out two products: Pocket, our read-it-later and content discovery app, and Fakespot, our browser extension that analyzes the authenticity of online product reviews.
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.
Mozilla’s acquisition of Fakespot in 2023 aimed to help users navigate misleading reviews through privacy-first AI technology. However, despite initial enthusiasm, the product did not align with a sustainable business model.
Similarly, Pocket has served millions over the years, adapting how people save and discover articles. Yet, with evolving web consumption habits and discovery models, Mozilla redirects resources toward features more closely aligned with modern browsing needs.
Notably, Pocket’s innovations continue to influence Firefox’s curated content recommendations. At the same time, Firefox’s native capabilities—such as Tab Groups and enhanced bookmarks—now provide integrated alternatives for managing reading lists.
According to Mozilla, by winding down these products, the organization can invest in a new generation of Firefox features, including vertical tabs, smart search, and upcoming AI-powered enhancements.
For more information, see the announcement.
Firefox, with the NoScript extension, remains my main browser and will for the foreseeable future. It’s a good browser that probably is the most standards-compliant of them out there.
I agree Jerry – I never used either of those services myself. I’ve moved on from Firefox since then. I hope they’re able to right the ship before it sinks…
I still have it but its no longer my main browser. I prefer brave nowadays but I still use firefox as a 2nd browser for now may move to somthing else for a 2nd browser. I tried librewolf for a little while but it took a week sometimes to get a update even if they where considered critical updates and I had issues with websites which made me uninstall it. I have both firefox and brave on android also and I am not liking missing options compared to desktop version since mobile version forces you to use google for security with no option to disable when i rather use ublock origin and my preferred dns to block malicious websites.
I never used pocket or fakespot they need to shutdown and remove a few more things also