Pocket is no longer going to be available on Kobo e-readers

3 years ago by nosut to c/kobo

Pocket is a company that has a read-it-later approach to online news and long-form journalism. They have plugins for all of the major internet browsers, and you can save your favourite news articles, and they will be automatically synced to their apps for Android or iOS. The service has been available on Kobo e-readers for almost a decade. However, this is going to change. Pocket has announced that Kobo e-readers will no longer be supported, and the Kobo will issue a firmware update to remove it. Pocket put out a statement about some sweeping changes. 'To provide additional security benefits

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Kushi 3 points 3 years ago

Update from the article:

Update: June 29, 2023

Sarah Vasquez, the Senior Manager, Communication at Mozilla, told Good e-Reader in an exclusive statement, “Kobo is aiming to update the Pocket login on their e-readers to support Firefox accounts. The exact timing is to be determined. However, Pocket’s existing Kobo users will not be affected nor lose access to their accounts. Note that new Pocket accounts created after August 15th may not have access to the existing Pocket login option, depending on when Kobo support becomes available. Kobo users can continue using Pocket on their iOS or Android device or use Pocket’s website.”

So it's just a matter of updating the login screen to support Firefox accounts/2FA, and Kobo is planning to release an update at some point.

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nosut 2 points 3 years ago

That is a welcome update to the article!

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