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  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
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    2 months ago

    God damnit so they bought Fakespot, an extension that actually did good, hiding fake botted reviews and reanalyzing them - and now they’re killing it. It was literally an extension to help prevent unnecessary buying. Why the hell did they even buy it?

    We acquired Fakespot in 2023 to help people navigate unreliable product reviews using AI and privacy-first tech. While the idea resonated, it didn’t fit a model we could sustain.

    Then why did you buy it you idiots?!

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
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      2 months ago

      It’s astounding how stupid that decision was. Fakespot, quite literally a device to help deter people from buying products, was gobbled up by way too much money by Mozilla - who - apparently wanted it to make profit? How?! Why?! Why did they even buy it?

      I think it was just executive idiocy. They searched for extensions with the term privacy in them, bought it, and thought it would make their product worth more. I’m getting really tired of companies just sunsetting products the instant they don’t make money.

      We really need an open version of fakespot.