Digg founder Kevin Rose proposes to acquire Pocket from Mozilla: “We love Pocket at Digg…'

Mozilla recently announced that is shutting down its book marking tool Pocket later this year. On the support page the company revealed that Pocket will go offline on July 8, 2025 as the company starts channeling its ‘resources into projects’ that better match users’ browsing habits and online needs. Now, Digg, the Web 2.0-era link aggregator has shown interest in buying Pocket. Kevin Rose, the owner of Digg shared a post on X in which he said that he would he interested in buying Pocket from Mozilla.


‘We love Poket at Digg’ said Kevin Rose

In a post shared on X (formerly known as Twitter) Rose said, “. @mozilla @Pocket -- we love Pocket at @digg, happy to take it over and continue to support your users for years to come! cc: @peterrojas :)”

.@mozilla @Pocket -- we love Pocket at @digg, happy to take it over and continue to support your users for years to come! cc: @peterrojas :)

— Kevin Rose (@kevinrose) May 22, 2025

Both the companies have not yet shared any more details about this plan.


Mozilla shutting down Pocket As mentioned earlier, Pocket will no longer be available after July 8, 2025. The company says that users can continue using the app and browser extensions until this date. After July 8, Pocket will move into export-only mode. This means that users will be able to export their saves until October 8, 2025, after which user data will be permanently deleted.

In a support page, Mozilla said “Pocket has helped millions save articles and discover stories worth reading. But the way people use the web has evolved, so we’re channeling our resources into projects that better match their browsing habits and online needs”.

“We’re grateful to the communities that made Pocket and Fakespot meaningful. As we wind them down, we’re looking ahead to focusing on new Firefox features that people need most,” it further added.