Comments on: Rant: Facebook app on iPhone

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:50:51 +0000

In reply to Axello. Well said!

By: Axello

Axello — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:48:57 +0000

My biggest irritation with the facebook app, apart from the fact that it crashes, is that it is impossible to SHARE anything, or reshare friends news items. Which, IMHO, is a bit weird for a company which lives on people sharing stuff.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:16:01 +0000

In reply to ezraz.

I highly doubt the end of the internet world will be through the use of Facebook – it’s more likely Google. 🙂

Most reasonable users know that with free services come sacrifices – such as relinquishing to advertisements (television has been doing it since its inception) – as well as a voluntary loss of some freedoms. At this point, it’s a sacrifice FB users are willing to make. If it goes beyond what’s deemed “reasonable” then they’ll lose a whole lot of their consumers.

By: ezraz

ezraz — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:19:17 +0000

Leave facebook now before it’s too late. It’s like digital heroin and all of you are hooked. Using your facebook ‘login’ (Cookie!) to log in to other services could be the end of the internet as we know it.

You are all being tracked, data mined, exploited, and continually having all of your private information sold to the highest bidder. The lower facebook’s stock goes the more desperate they will get to profit from you.

Nothing is free, and to see your friends baby pictures and useless status updates, consider what it is you are paying with.

you have been warned — ezraz

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:49:50 +0000

In reply to Nonya Business. Good question!

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:49:14 +0000

In reply to Gesjogren@yahoo.com. At this point, anything would be an improvement.

By: Gesjogren@yahoo.com

Gesjogren@yahoo.com — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:47:03 +0000

IOS6 will have Facebook integration . Hopefully it will be better

By: Nonya Business

Nonya Business — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 05:40:27 +0000

what happened to the faster update to the facebook app that was supposed to come out in july?

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 02:11:34 +0000

To add to my agony, I took a video of my son that I wanted to post, and the damn app didn’t show it in my photo album! I closed the app, opened the Photo app, and it was there. Despite multiple attempts, the video wasn’t available.

So I emailed it to my wife – who saved it and posted it from her iPhone without a problem.

Seriously?

By: JR

JR — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 01:23:34 +0000

In reply to Jay. Exactly right! I use FB through the mobile browser, and on occasion FB reminds me I'm not using the app and tries to get me to switch to it.

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:46:54 +0000

In reply to JR. Good point, thanks. Others decide to use FB through a mobile browser, which I think flies in the face of having a dedicated app: what's the point of having one then?

By: JR

JR — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:46:04 +0000

I refuse to use the FB app. They change their TOS/Privacy Policy too frequently. Until Apple forces them to firm-up their consent to access contacts, etc., it won’t happen.