Mozilla has officially announced the closure of Pocket., its popular service for saving articles for later reading, along with the disappearance of Fakespot, the tool for analyzing online reviews. This measure responds to the company's intention to allocate more resources and attention to the development of the Firefox browser already new areas of strategic priority.
Beginning July 8, 2025, the Pocket app and its API will be discontinued. As of the end of May, It is not possible to download Pocket or purchase new Premium subscriptions.Those with an ongoing annual subscription will automatically receive a prorated refund, and all existing subscriptions will be canceled without any additional steps on the user's part.
What does the closure of Pocket and Fakespot mean?
All articles, links, and lists saved in Pocket may be exported until October 8, 2025After that date, Mozilla will irreversibly delete all associated data. To facilitate the transition, the company has made available to users a specific export tool accessible from their support page.
For its part, Fakespot will be discontinued on July 1, 2025., and the built-in Firefox feature known as Review Checker will be retired on June 10th of the same year. These changes will also affect developers, as The closure of the Pocket API means that third-party applications will lose access. automatic to lists saved by users.
Pocket's journey and its relevance on the web
Pocket was founded in 2007 under the name Read It Later and, after its rebranding in 2012, it established itself as one of the veteran applications in deferred readingIn 2017, Mozilla acquired it and has since expanded its offering of editorial recommendations and thematic collections, in addition to receiving several awards such as the Webby Award and the Anthem Award for its support of local journalism.
The service was valued by those who sought it an ad-free reading environment, accessible even offline and allowed users to save a copy of articles regardless of their subsequent online availability. Its focus on eliminating distractions made Pocket a fundamental tool for professionals and regular readers.
Reasons and future: why Pocket is disappearing
From Mozilla they explain that the evolution in the ways of consuming online content and changes in users' digital habits have motivated this decision. Many of the utilities that were previously only offered by Pocket, such as the reading mode or content filtering, have been progressively incorporated directly into Firefox and other modern browsers. Furthermore, their strategy now aims to develop native functions such as tab groups, smart bookmarks, and potentially new AI-powered tools, all within Firefox.
Fakespot, acquired in 2023, aimed Improve the detection of fake reviews using AI, but Mozilla admits that maintaining the tool was not sustainable in the long term.
Post-closure options: exporting data and recommended alternatives
For those who use Pocket, it is essential export data before October 8, 2025. Mozilla highlights alternatives such as Instapaper for offline reading and Readwise Reader, which incorporates note-taking and highlighting functions, as well as the ability to save articles. Furthermore, much of the Pocket experience is already integrated, to a greater or lesser extent, into the latest versions of Firefox, allowing for some continuity in the management of saved readings.
The decision to close Pocket and Fakespot It's part of a broader internal reorganization strategy at Mozilla, focusing on projects with greater sustained impact, such as Firefox. This migration period gives users time to decide how to maintain their article collections and adapt their reading routines to the new recommended tools.