There's also Facebook Lite
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.l...
And if Play Store won't let you install it then download & install manually from here http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/facebook-2/lite/
protip: switch to browser-based FB. it's perfectly reasonable.
Re:App sizes are out of control
by colanderman on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @11:38AM
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And, you can still access messages by selecting "Request desktop version" from the Chrome menu.
This is faster than the app for me. My main problems with the app are a) it was pre installed so can't be moved to SD card, b) not only does the app include a snapchat clone I don't use, but it stores 100s MBs of user data too, c) it tells me I have messages, but that requires more 100s MBs to read in another app with another 100 features I don't use.
Didn't know about this one, thanks. That's an extra 300MB free on my phone from removing Messenger.
This no longer works for me, YMMV.
And the permissions aren't as nuts.
Re:App sizes are out of control
by vanderZwan on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @11:40AM
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If you're on Android, you can try SlimSocial for Facebook + Notifications for Facebook, both available through FDroid. 223 KiB and 103 KiB respectively.
I'm constantly removing Facebook/Messenger for situations like when I had to download Ticketmaster app for a concert ticket.
And with all these apps disallowing you from moving them to SD card, I can't even really use my 32GB SD card for them.