Re: [gentoo-user] Pocket sneaks back

[Dale]

Dale wrote:
> Michael wrote:
>> On Monday, 16 March 2020 21:08:10 GMT Dale wrote:
>>> Ian Zimmerman wrote:
>>>> After the latest stable firefox upgrade to version 68.6 I again started
>>>> seeing DNS queries for Pocket related domains.  I found this in
>>>> prefs.js:
>>>>
>>>> user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includePo
>>>> cket", true);
>>>>
>>>> I am not sure if this setting was new with this version or if firefox
>>>> just started acting on it now, but in any case I am adding it to my
>>>> user.js with a value of false, right now.
>>> I admit I don't know what these are for but I went to look at mine.  I
>>> also found this which is a little different than the one you posted but
>>> still pocket related.
>>>
>>> services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highligh
>>> ts.includePocket
>>>
>>> I run unstable here but mine is set to true for that one as well.
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>>> :-)  :-)
>> I didn't even know what pocket is, let alone that it is enabled as a default.
>>
>> I'm on FF 68.6.0esr, but I do not have a pocket button showing in the address
>> bar.  I may have disable it sometime in the past, thinking that got rid of it
>> - little I knew.
>>
>> Going to about:config and searching for pocket reveals a number of related
>> settings, with 'extensions.pocket.enabled' being one you should pay attention
>> to.
>>
>> https://help.getpocket.com/article/1025-disabling-save-to-pocket-features-in-firefox
>>
>> It is worth mentioning, Palemoon does not have pocket in it.  ;-)
>
> I don't want to set them to false because I still don't know what they
> do, google didn't help any either.  I don't want to break websites or
> something and then be trying to figure out why a site works for everyone
> but me, and maybe you if you happen to visit the same site.  ;-)
>
> Can someone share a link that tells what a pocket is exactly?  If I
> don't need it, I'd like to disable it.  It may help with the extension
> thingy that takes up tons of memory and sends one core of my CPU to
> 100%.  So far, restarting Firefox is the only solution.  It sometimes
> hit several GBs in no time flat.  It runs fine for days and then BAM. 
> Overload.  :/
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-) 
>


After some looking, I found a link in about:config.  It lead me to this.

https://getpocket.com/about

That tells a little about what pocket is.  Pardon me while I go disable
stuff.  Anything that can do, I can do locally by saving a web page or
downloading the content. 

Dale

:-)  :-)