Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
by snowfield on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:48AM
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I dont see how breaking out the messaging part was bad, the messenger app is far superior to the normal one and the chatheads is great. has the same benefit as hangouts, (multiplatform)
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app
by soylentcola on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @11:11AM
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Just speaking for myself but I liked being able to just open Facebook when I want to look at Facebook. That goes for PMs people send me on Facebook.
I didn't want a second app running at all times in the background when my goal was to minimize Facebook usage when possible.
Now I have to jump through hoops to check messages every once in a while on my phone because they make it so they won't show up on mobile unless you install their secondary app or switch to a desktop user agent.
So now I just check messages once or twice a week on desktop and use their service even less often.