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Facebook Launches 'Messenger' Companion App 'Stickered' in iOS App Store
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What they really need is an app that adds captions to the sicker app and a separate one that allows you to upload these pictures to your facebook feed. Then they'd be on to something.
Hey Facebook, yaboyac here.. I think everyone would agree with me when I say this: please make a separate app to view my profile, those extra steps are tedious. While you're at it, I also want a separate app for account settings, privacy settings, and perhaps to change my password (to ensure security)
Thanks.
Thanks.
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Not that I agree, but the separate app thing is about perception. The standalone chat apps like snapchat and whatsapp were getting huge because people remembered they were "for chat". Facebook was "for updates" even though their chat was just as capable.
So they split the apps to create more mindshare. App = task. Also there's tge benefit of more apps taking up real estate on your home screen.
So they split the apps to create more mindshare. App = task. Also there's tge benefit of more apps taking up real estate on your home screen.
True, and we may all think that is bad. Not necessarily so. Let us watch what their mobile monetization trick here is.
Perhaps you've never used Line or communicated with other people whose primary language isn't English.
Line does this cool thing (IMHO): when typing a word it will suggest a sticker. It's incredibly useful and efficient for conveying ideas to people who might not have the best reading comprehension in a foreign language.
Facebook is clearly gearing up to deal with these other messenging apps - and Line is also finally upping their game in the western world with the addition of some higher profile public users.
So bloated home screen it is then?
More pages/folders, that's what everyone wants lol
Dedicated camera app... we've had that before already and it got killed...I wonder when will facebook launch a companion app for "Stickered"
probably already en route again LOL
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it's not bloated, not everyone used FB app (i don't) but I do use messenger. Which is a smaller light weight sized app. You can create folders to put all your Social or FB apps in. Why have a 1-2gb app where you only use 1 of the 6-8 main features. FB is doing it right, download what you want and need.
Apple has about 8 Apps that are pre-installed and you can't remove. if Apple would allow us users to pick and choose if we want the Stock, Weather, Clock, Tips, etcs app's people would rejoice and praise them. FB does it and people whine/complain wtf?
I'd rather have more powerful stock apps than throwing them out completely.
I like the stock apps, because usually they are better tested with the very OS build I'm running, get the latest Apple API features the quickest and many other apps integrate their features.
Removing them would pose uncertainty to developers. Adding something to the calendar? Sure, but do they even have the stock calendar app?
Don't get me wrong, standard protocols etc tackle this somewhat, but I see little need to make stock apps removable.
And I'd rather have one app for one thing/network/etc... than many, if it makes sense. FB app is a horrible piece of trash, but that's not because it has too many features heh.
I remember when it got much better when they went from their HTML-wrapper to native Cocoa, but after that their app's quality decreased steadily again. They just can't get it right.
I have enough app switching on iOS as it is, I'd love to have more apps do more and save on disk space at the same time, because believe it or not, but if you divide two features into two apps instead of bundling them up you don't get half the binary size. If that were the case and different apps could interact more smoothly on iOS I'd probably care a lot less.
Ultimately, I'd be nice if both sides of the fence were able to pick their favorite option. Say an app for everything and then little smaller ones for picking your focus of features better, because in some cases I too would go that route.
On top of that, however apps and games "waste" your disk space, we should get higher capacity models of iOS devices (and probably Macs as well, what's the top HDD option on Macs atm? And what's readily available to buy? Yeah, that's the point. Especially as upgrading HDDs on Macs these days is something Apple ACTIVELY tries to hinder you from doing.)
Also, for less harsh upgrade prices. 100 bucks more for storage that you can't really get otherwise on that device and that you can't upgrade later on?
Meanwhile, the price for that storage to Apple is so much lower. Yes, give them their margin, but they basically ask for higher margins (relatively) on that upgrade than on the device itself.
Of course the need for storage is a lot due to not being able to keep app data whilst deleting the app that created that data.
Hooray for gaming on iOS
Basically: If you like keeping your gamesaves, think twice about games on there, at least the ones that aren't super small and often maybe even push you to pay the developer in repetitive "micro" transactions.
Wow, long rant for Christmas, but why the hell not haha.
Bit offtopic now, but:
I wish everyone on MacRumors happy holidays and a merry Christmas or whatever it is that you may celebrate!
Stay safe everyone, especially on icy roads if that's something you'll encounter these days!
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