Have to boost those Facebook page visit numbers!
yup. i have a bunch of users that won’t be happy. they only still have fb for messenger, use the messenger app, and never go to fb itself anymore.
I am one of those people who are forced to use these social media for school.
You can still use the web version.
Desktop site is the only place I access messages. Get fucked Zuck I’m not putting your spyware on my phone. If that method ever goes away, I guess no more messages for me…
I just flat out quit messenger when they made it app-only. I’m not installing that shit in my phone or my computer. Facebook on my phone is just the web app.
Best part is no little red digits telling me I’m missing out on something (spam and shit I don’t care about 95% of the time). I check it when I think to. That’s once every few months which is about how often I’m interested in updates from people who aren’t in my life any more.
I’d like to replace all of my apps with bookmarks eventually. No one needs that kind of data on me.
You can still use the website. This is just talking about the native apps.
Honest question: who even uses this bullshit?
Mostly, people with friends.
Phew, dodged that bullet 😎
I always do that Neo dodge, but we all know how that ended.
WhatsApp and Messenger are the #1 and #3 most used messaging apps in the world. (#2 is WeChat)
In Australia where I’m from, Messenger is the most popular by far.
Students, especially in the Philippines and some 3rd world countries. You can basically use Messenger and Facebook without data, just without images or video. For the sake of accessibility schools tend to use these services.
Ugh, the only thing I hate more than a few people I regularly talk with still using Messenger is having to deal with the desktop client. Now this 🙄
I moved to a web browser but I can’t even get push notifications working.
Ugh, the only thing I hate more than a few people I regularly talk with still using Messenger is having to deal with the desktop client. Now this 🙄
Doesn’t this mean that you should be happy with this then? Since you hate the desktop client?
I can’t even get push notifications working.
Which browser? Safari is notorious for having a lot of bugs around push notifications, but Chrome and Firefox should both work.
I always mourn the loss of native apps. There are always so many downsides. And they harm platform consistency, etc.
Don’t get me started on Discord not supporting the native spell check. The built in spell check is terrible.
And they harm platform consistency, etc.
Unfortunately, a lot of major apps aren’t consistent any more. Each app uses its own design language and its own UI widgets, rather than using proper native ones. Often they’re no better than web apps. I hate it and would rather just use a web app instead.
Yeah 😔
All my friends are on Messenger. It’s garbage app. More garbage is only Viber where I have my relatives. Pure suffering.
Finally! Meta does something for the good of humanity!
Somehow they believe this will increase their user base…
ive been using beeper so its a matter if they kill the API in my case. (im surprised they didn’t nuke the API first)
They’re trying to become the WeChat of the west lolol
