Mozilla announced on Thursday that it’s shutting down Pocket, a read-it-later app it acquired in 2017, on July 8. The corporate can be shutting down Fakespot, its browser extension that helps customers establish unreliable evaluations.

“Pocket has helped tens of millions save articles and uncover tales value studying,” Mozilla mentioned in a weblog publish. “However the way in which folks use the net has advanced, so we’re channeling our sources into tasks that higher match their looking habits and on-line wants.”

Customers will be capable of proceed utilizing the app and browser extensions for Pocket till July 8. After that date, Pocket will transfer into export-only mode. Customers have till October 8 to export saved articles, together with gadgets of their checklist, archive, favorites, notes, and highlights.

Whereas Mozilla didn’t present a particular purpose for shutting down the service, the corporate says it’s going to proceed to spend money on serving to folks uncover and “entry prime quality net content material.” Mozilla says it’s going to do that by its New Tab expertise, e-mail e-newsletter, and extra. The New Tab expertise options shortcuts to your most visited websites, your not too long ago visited pages, and your bookmarks.

As for Fakespot, Mozilla says it’s shutting down the service as a result of “whereas the thought resonated, it didn’t match a mannequin we might maintain.”

Though it’s unclear what number of customers Pocket had, the service was capable of domesticate a loyal userbase through the years. Customers have taken to social media to voice their displeasure with the information.

“This shift permits us to form the subsequent period of the web — with instruments like vertical tabs, sensible search and extra AI-powered options on the way in which,” Mozilla says. “We’ll proceed to construct a browser that works more durable for you: extra private, extra highly effective and nonetheless proudly impartial.”