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Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to push people to Messenger
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Re: Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to push people to Messenger
#262That’d be the end to staying in touch through mobile FB in w3m on an EC2 instance SSH’d into from China.
(Not that it’s that convenient… Gotta say though, impressed with both FB being able to work in w3m, and with w3m being able to handle FB.)
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Use this app to "intercept" https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.surrel.messe...
The amount of stupid hacks I have to go through to make Android usable is making me consider trying out iPhone.
While I agree in general and prefer iOS, in this particular case that's a bit of an odd statement. On iOS you couldn't fix this behavior at all - the "stupid hack" won't exist.
Re: Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to push people to Messenger
#264It's really sad to me to see a bunch of intelligent people here being led like sheep by Facebook (no, this isn't a sheeple post, hear me out) Virtually everyone here complains "Facebook does XYZ really bad but I still use them because all my friends are there". I have a solution. Why don't you get all your friends off there? Pick a platform that you really like and start evangelising. The only reason why Facebook has…
It's not clear to me why I should be upset that messaging was split out from one app to another? Why is that "being led like sheep"?
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They remain accessible, same as always; The only thing that changes is the application you are using to look at the chat history.
Not everyone has access to that application.
The desktop site still exists. It can even be viewed via mobile, for the sufficiently desperate.
Re: Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to push people to Messenger
#266It's really sad to me to see a bunch of intelligent people here being led like sheep by Facebook (no, this isn't a sheeple post, hear me out) Virtually everyone here complains "Facebook does XYZ really bad but I still use them because all my friends are there". I have a solution. Why don't you get all your friends off there? Pick a platform that you really like and start evangelising. The only reason why Facebook has…
Thanks for the tip on telegram. Whatsapp's requirement that your phone be connected is needlessly aggravating.
Re: Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to push people to Messenger
#267It's really sad to me to see a bunch of intelligent people here being led like sheep by Facebook (no, this isn't a sheeple post, hear me out) Virtually everyone here complains "Facebook does XYZ really bad but I still use them because all my friends are there". I have a solution. Why don't you get all your friends off there? Pick a platform that you really like and start evangelising. The only reason why Facebook has…
Then the gravitational pull you have on your friends and family seem to be far greater than what I have.
Because besides incredibly few exceptions no one uses another Smartphone App for me, no one wants to have an explanation how IRC works, and E-Mails seem to be good for everything but writing to me.
No one will change their behaviour in any regard just for me. Maybe because I am not one trying to force something down other people's throats, that's not my style. Maybe you were one of those hardcore social media users people couldn't live without, but for the occasional twice a month conversation online and the 1 like a week, I won't be missed nearly enough.
And this is also the sentiment I have received multiple times from others who have abandoned social media at some point. So I strongly suspect your case is an exception and not the norm, and maybe you are portraying it as a little bit easier and positive than it was or is.
Re: Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to push people to Messenger
#268I don't want their battery sucking apps on my phone. Occasionally I'd like to see messages people send me. Really really really stupid.
Re: Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to push people to Messenger
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I use the facebook app quite a bit, and its never used more than a few precent of my battery in the battery stats on Android, and usually significantly less than my mail client(K-9 Mail) so I never understood the meme that the facebook app uses a ton of battery. Just having the screen on is going to use more battery than the facebook app.
"It turned out other Android services including Android system and Android OS showed reduced battery consumption when the Facebook app was uninstalled. Those services act as a buffer for many apps to the outside world when running in the background. So while Facebook didn’t look like it was using that much power, it was actually just being displayed elsewhere in Android’s statistics." From: https://www.theguardian.co…
The final straw that pushed me to delete the app - thanks! Had already been living 95% free of Facebook by turning off push notifications anyway
Re: Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to push people to Messenger
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Simple yes, practical no.
Practical enough for me. The only thing I use Facebook for is to say "Thank you" when folks wish me a happy birthday on my "wall". For literally everything else, the friends and family worth talking to have gotten the message that I'm not reliably reachable on Facebook and therefore should be reached by other means (and if they're worth talking to, they should already have my phone number and/or email address). It's…
>For literally everything else, the friends and family worth talking to have gotten the message that I'm not reliably reachable on Facebook
Same thing here, I drew this line about 5 years ago. Now everybody knows that the only reliable means to communicate remotely with me are : Emails/Signal, or regular phone calls/SMS as a fallback.
Only people worth talking to (family and close friends), do the effort of reaching me on my preferred communication channel.