Facebook Home over a week later: only 500K installs with a two-star user rating

Post by benhanks040888 » Mon, Apr 22, 2013, 4:44 PM UTC

untog wrote: post #35

The title feels clickbait-y. It should be pretty obvious why there were only 500K downloads- it's only available on around three devices. I'm interested to at least take a look at it, but I can't. As for the reviews, many of them are of the "I hate Facebook" variety, but others seem to state (correctly) that it need some work. Given Facebook have committed to monthly releases, I don't think this is the end of Faceboo…

Post by kevincrane » Mon, Apr 22, 2013, 4:54 PM UTC

Karunamon wrote: post #29

gcb0 wrote: post #8

This is irrelevant. those intrusive apps are made with carrier integration in mind. You can't uninstall Facebook from any Samsung phone. And you won't uninstall Facebook home from the new s4 and updated s3 and notes. So, why care about user ratings?

You can't "uninstall" any app that the carrier forces on you, but you can disable it as of ICS or better. The app is both prevented from running and hidden from the app drawer. In practice, the amount of storage you're denied from not being able to completely wipe these apps is miniscule. Just one of the neat bits of control that the newer Android versions give you :)

Post by anigbrowl » Mon, Apr 22, 2013, 4:58 PM UTC

Karunamon wrote: post #34

spinchange wrote: post #28

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Has it occurred to you that there might be a use-case mismatch between treating a social network as a source of always-on, in-your-face infotainment and a communications vehicle with imperfect yet valued human beings you know and care about? Or do you expect everyone you know to be excellent, always-interesting, content curators?

I expect users of a social network service to understand the most basic details of how such a service works. Slamming the service because you don't like the postings of people you chose to subscribe to is just a little bit ridiculous. It would be like subscribing to political blogs on $rssApp and then leaving bad ratings for the app because your news stream is filled with political news. Facebook's tools have been pr…

Post by spinchange » Mon, Apr 22, 2013, 5:15 PM UTC

bergie wrote: post #18

TillE wrote: post #7

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Flipboard does quite a good job of grabbing content from multiple sources of your choice and displaying them in an attractive format. It's not a homescreen thing, but that's probably for the best. Do you really want non-urgent things shoved in your face constantly? Google Now has the most useful approach here, and I'm eager to see that developed even further. If you could populate it with selected RSS feeds, that wou…

Flipboard does have a Daydream mode, where you can let it take the screen over whenever your Android device is docked or charging (you decide which, or both) This way essentially Flipboard-formatted RSS becomes your screen saver.

Post by Karunamon » Mon, Apr 22, 2013, 5:16 PM UTC

kevincrane wrote: post #63

Karunamon wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can't "uninstall" any app that the carrier forces on you, but you can disable it as of ICS or better. The app is both prevented from running and hidden from the app drawer. In practice, the amount of storage you're denied from not being able to completely wipe these apps is miniscule. Just one of the neat bits of control that the newer Android versions give you :)

Wait, can you do that for the Google-default apps too? I have a half dozen Google+ settings/messengers/other things that I can't uninstall from my phone (Nexus), when I really just want to hide them from view.