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Is this incompetence or aggressive data mining? I fail to see how a texting client is that complicated...
Have you seen how much memory and CPU time Signal uses on the Desktop? Or Slack? The era of running a chat app for almost no resources is gone unless you're an IRC holdout.
LightSpeed: Rewriting Messenger’s codebase for a faster, smaller, simpler app
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#53FB named a open source project the same name as a company.
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#54Assuming one hates notifications, is there _any_ reason why anyone would want to use app over m(basic[1]).facebook.com? [1] to access messenger because fb stubbornly thinks I want to install their crap/spyware on my phone
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#57From: https://engineering.fb.com/data-infrastructure/messenger/ > We accomplished this by using the native OS wherever possible Does this mean this application does not use React Native?
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#58This seems like an incredibly low bar to hurdle. FB Messenger on iOS is legendarily bloated. In the couple of weeks I had it installed it also managed to be the biggest battery drain on my phone, even more than some 3D games.
Is this incompetence or aggressive data mining? I fail to see how a texting client is that complicated...
It's unreal, our industry has lost its mind.
Re: LightSpeed: Rewriting Messenger’s codebase for a faster, smaller, simpler app
#59From: https://engineering.fb.com/data-infrastructure/messenger/ > We accomplished this by using the native OS wherever possible Does this mean this application does not use React Native?
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But then they don't have permissions to slurp up all of your contacts, watch all of your SMS, and listen to your microphone...
Wait! Somebody found evidence of them listening to your microphone?