Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone battery life

Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by LordKano on Monday February 08, 2016 @10:22AM (#11058550)

I didn't have a choice about uninstalling the app on my old android phone. It was a built in app and all I could do was uninstall updates.

I never installed the update that included the referenced version of messenger.

On my new phone, I have never installed the app. I use use the website and it does 90% of what I want to do without the issue of running extra processes in the background on my phone.

I'm waiting for the day that Facebook depricates and/or discontinues the mobile site to force people onto the app.

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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by noxToken on Monday February 08, 2016 @10:32AM (#11058612)

> I'm waiting for the day that Facebook depricates and/or discontinues the mobile site to force people onto the app.

Messaging doesn't fully work in an Android browser. You might get a real-time notification badge, but my experience is 50/50. There is also an issue that if you do a manual refresh, you still might not get the new message notification. I imagine that there isn't a rush to fix these issues either.

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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by LordKano on Monday February 08, 2016 @10:53AM (#11058746)

I use Chrome on my Android phone. I haven't experienced any problems with messaging.

I don't want audible notifications. I'll get my messages the next time I check Facebook.

This might not be ideal for everyone but it works for me.

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