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Facebook threatens to delete synced photos if users don't download new photo app

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Re: Facebook threatens to delete synced photos if users don't download new photo app

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Post by officemonkey »

franciscop wrote: post #46
tobtoh wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If you can't provide me with all of the features of messenger in the browser then that's fine. And I'd also prefer if they don't try and hijack other features. I had installed Messenger, but had notifications turned off because I don't care to be interrupted every time someone sends me a new message when I'm not actively participating in the chat. Today, someone tried to call me (as in voice call), via the Messenge…

I recently deleted the Facebook app and the world hasn't stopped spining. Actually I feel quite better

The best thing I did was delete the FB app from my phones and tablets. I access it only from my desktop and a web browser.

Turns out that I don't miss messenger at all. And I get the functionality I want (post a status, read my feed) and none of the battery and privacy sucking "options."

Re: Facebook threatens to delete synced photos if users don't download new photo app

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Post by officemonkey »

mixedCase wrote: post #32
lewiscollard wrote: post #9

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That's nice. What about the millions of non-techies who are about to have their stuff deleted because Facebook decided, on a whim, to railroad them into the Moments app? Everyone on HN knows not to trust Facebook with anything of of value, but as technical people our collective response to a corporation deleting the stuff of people who don't should not be "I'm okay, I have backups".

>What about the millions of non-techies who are about to have their stuff deleted because Facebook decided, on a whim, to railroad them into the Moments app? They'll have a great opportunity to learn via experience what we've known for years. This is the only way they learn.

And they will learn an important lesson about using a free service. If you want functionality, pay money.

Re: Facebook threatens to delete synced photos if users don't download new photo app

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Post by nojvek »

jaitsu wrote: post #3

They seem to go about these things in the wrong way. Take Messenger for example, there was no good reason to remove access to this via a browser on mobile devices. I don't want to have to install an app for something that was previously available in a browser. If you can't provide me with all of the features of messenger in the browser then that's fine. I thought we were meant to be progressing towards a truly open w…

I believe they've already started. None of my real friends are active on FB anymore. My feed is just pages and ads that I never see. Snapchat and whatsapp is the primary means of social life. Facebook seems like Google now: growth by buying startups.

Re: Facebook threatens to delete synced photos if users don't download new photo app

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Post by vonuebelgarten »

notifier2050 wrote: post #16
shopkins wrote: post #15

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> I wonder how long that will last until people start moving away from the platform. I think we'll need a solid alternative first. What would people want in the "next Facebook" anyway? Easy contact with every old classmate, friend, and family member? A place for their photos? An easy way to invite anyone to an event? I would wait for that day, but personally my use of FB has majorly changed over the past 10 years on…

I hope they won't screw WhatsApp up, since it's pretty minimalistic and nice app.

They are the dominant player in this market, I simply can't understand why they didn't crewed it already.

I can only speculate: it's because WhatsApp is giving them an always-updated social graph of a billion people right now (including inferred information on people who, like me, didn't install the application but whose numbers are in the contacts books of people who did it) and crossing this information with FB data brings more revenue than anything they can do with WhatsApp itself.

Re: Facebook threatens to delete synced photos if users don't download new photo app

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Post by DiabloD3 »

delecti wrote: post #26
DiabloD3 wrote: post #21

Okay, so, the obvious question seems to be: if I am an affected user (I'm not, I don't do that Facebook thing personally), then wouldn't uninstalling the app prevent the deletion of photos? The article is thin on details, does this mean it deletes photos out of your Google Photos and Apple Camera Roll apps? It seems to be written a bit FUDdy, but it is Facebook afterall, they're known to violate the social contract t…

They will delete photos synced to their servers, and only the copies on their servers. And only photos that were synced automatically and not posted. Most users have no reason whatsoever to worry.

Oh, that is a much smaller thing to worry about. Still a pointless dick move, but the article didn't actually spell that out.
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