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Re:Meta to Charge for Ad-Free Versions of Facebook and Insta... by Ajedi32 on Monday October 30, 2023 @03:26PM (#38074453)
I find it obnoxious that Facebook doesn't use the default system file picker.

With other apps I can easily select photos even if they aren't locally available on my device. With Facebook I need to manually download the files from Google Photos, paste them into a local device folder, and only then will they actually show up in Facebook's weird, poorly-designed photo picker UI. Not exactly the best user experience.

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Re:Meta to Charge for Ad-Free Versions of Facebook and Insta... by matsemann on Monday October 30, 2023 @03:36PM (#38074565)
Yeah, the same with Messenger. Want to send someone a photo from last year? Good luck scrolling through their clunky interface a thousand pictures back, vs just using the jump-to-month in my native gallery app.
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Re:Meta to Charge for Ad-Free Versions of Facebook and Insta... by pb7 on Monday October 30, 2023 @03:45PM (#38074679)
Android problem that doesn’t exist on iOS because Apple keeps a leash on them. Walled garden is nice like that.
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