Provide a setting for pocket that blocks all articles from any site that uses paywalls

[rlritchey]

Also, provide a blacklist function so that users can manually have more sites blocked, and a whitelist function to manually unblock specified paywall sites. This provides more power to the user to determine what content is provided and what is not.

[RandallNew]

Exactly.  Just looking for that exact setting; can't find it, probably doesn't exist.  I will not pay for news when it available everywhere for free, it is a stupid concept.  If the ad is sponsored or charges a fee for continued use then I would like to block it.  That has no relevance to me and I would prefer not to even see it. 

[trebory6]

Allow us to hide websites from Pocket

I honestly find it really hard to believe that this hasn't been suggested yet. Especially since I thought Mozilla was a pioneer of giving users control and access to their online experience. SMH.

Anyways, with as many websites as there are behind paywalls or who spew far right disinformation, and even just my own personal choice not to want to see any political articles at all for my own mental health when I'm looking at Pocket, we should be able to hide entire domains from being suggested in Pocket.

Here are the reasons I can think of on why this is able to benefit users:

• Allows users to control the information they consume.
• Allows users to hide websites that have paywalls that make the article suggestion useless for that user.
• Allows users to hide websites that skew too far to any one side politically to avoid disinformation.
• Allows users to hide any political leaning websites altogether for mental health purposes.
• With the dangers of filter bubbles, and algorithms that often confirm the bias of the users they serve, it's the ethical choice to give users as much control as possible over what they consume and what the algorithm suggests to them.

Anyways, I hope that others agree. I would love to use Pocket, but I absolutely cannot unless I can control what I see in this way.

[Jon]

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[WJW]

Agree..also add an icon to pocket stories that show whether you must subscribe or pay before you waste time clicking on an article.

[WJW]

Add icon to pocket story frame that denotes whether you need to pay or subscribe to read the rest of the article. As someone stated before, it's a waste of time to pay for a story where you may otherwise get for free somewhere else.

[morfarotto]

Create option to stop Pocket from displaying paywalled content

It's so annoying to run into this. Please set a checkbox that will let us stop this behavior.

[SpeckledJim]

Pocket filter lists

Hello,

I use Firefox across multiple platforms (Linux, MacOS & Android) and i quite enjoy Pocket articles which are suggested - like to start my day off by learning something new.

However, something that has increasingly been annoying me is some sites that rope you in, then only allow you to read the first paragraph of an article as the rest is behind a paywall (in particular: NYTimes, TheAtlantic, etc). Not Mozillas fault i know, but i would like option to filter these - a lot of the time the content looks interesting but when i get to the site i can't see it without subscribing (and i don't always look at the site the article lives on). I have been clicking "Dismiss" for months but they aren't going away, so please can you look into including a "Block Site" button?

Cheers

[Jon]

Similar idea here: Provide a setting for pocket that blocks all articles from any site that uses paywalls 

[SpeckledJim]

Oh yeah, thats exactly the same! My bad for not searching first, apologies 🙂

[Jon]

@SpeckledJim oh no worries, just wanted to make sure! I'll merge the two threads together.

[davidcl]

Block certain websites from Pocket

I really like Pocket and most of the topics suggested. Unfortunately, some of the topic sites require a paid subscription. I am not interested in that considering that even with a paid subscription these sites still include intrusive advertising. It would be great if we could block sites that we don't want to see articles from. An example it The New Yorker. You are allowed a certain amount of "free" articles. After that, a subscription popup keeps you from others. If I don't wish to subscribe, why can't I block that domain name from Pocket recommendations?

[FrancesMC]

If you are going to post a article in Pocket, please make sure it will be available to read.  I have just spent some time trying to read an article from Wired and it just won't let me see it.  And that happens all the time with the NY Times.  If an article is behind a paywall, then it is useless to the wider community.

[slow-uptake-1]

Pocket recommendations should exclude paywall sites

[Jon]

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)

[gingernerd]

Some stories are behind a paywall

If you are going to feature stories and articles perhaps getting permission for non subscribers to read that particular article without having to pay would be great. Just today I wanted to read 2 stories both behind paywalls. Surely someone has a work around.