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No to Facebook integration iOS 6

Did you guys also FLIP OUT when Apple added GameCenter and Newsstand? Or made the Compass or Stocks apps impossible to delete?

If you're concerned about privacy, it's GOOD that Apple integrated Facebook into the OS. It gives you more control over your information, and their interface and APIs make it more clear how Twitter and Facebook is allowed to use your data.

If you don't like to see Facebook buttons on your phone, I sure hope you're also staying off the internet. I hear it's pretty big there.
 
Unhyper said:
Finally, whenever there's a thread where Facebook is mentioned, someone always pipes up proclaiming proudly that they don't use Facebook. What can I say? I am happy for you. You are a model citizen of this planet. You probably recycle, too. Almost makes me give a ****.
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I especially appreciate the rants on topic-specific internet forums about how much people hate Facebook and social networks. The irony is beautiful.

As to the original topic - why exactly is having FB integration such a bother to you? From what I've seen of the Twitter integration (I have it on but can't remember the last time I really noticed it) it's fairly unobtrusive. Is this just your way of making a statement to Facebook?
 
ixodes said:
I don't use Facebook.

Nor do I want to see it's breadcrumbs on an Apple product.
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You wanna see breadcrumbs, look at all the Apple processes you've got running on your PC that you don't need.
 
mcdj said:
I have a friend who teaches a requisite social media marketing to business majors at a prestigious NYC college. According to her, her entire class is apathetic, borderline anti on social media on the whole. People are getting over it, like they did with Friendster, Myspace, Ping, and ICQ, Geocities, etc. before that. It's a fickle crowd, the web.

I personally know a lot of people who either have zero interest in Facebook, or are totally sick of dealing with it.
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Do you think it's anti-social media altogether? Because I'm sure they text and email.
Or it's become only anti-Facebook/Twitter?
 
oh boy

knapp40 said:
I am sorry if this is already posted somewhere else, but I don't want Facebook integration in iOS 6. Just like I don't want the useless NewsStand app on iOS 5. I know that some people look forward to one or both of those features, I just wish that we could delete that content if we don't want it in iOS...
I don't want to jailbreak my iOS devices either.
I gave up on Facebook over a year ago and haven't regretted it one bit. However I know that some people also want it in iOS. So I am wondering why Apple just doesn't make it a 3rd party app and you can just download it later on if you want - need it?
I am fine with it being there as long as I can delete it but if it is anything like the NewsStand app (sorry for those of you who use it) I find it a waste of space on the Menu display and memory of the device.

Does anyone else not want Facebook?
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Then don't use it! Stop the b*tching and turn your attention to something that you wanna use, no one is twisting your arm to do/use anything
 
knapp40 said:
I know I don't have to use it... I just don't want it there. At. All.
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You don't have to use it. You wont see anything related to it. But it just being there in the background having zero effect on your phone you will ever notice.

Switch to decaf or something.
 
What is it about people who don't use facebook having this chip on their shoulder that it some how makes them better? its just as bad as the people who have to point out why they are not getting an iPhone 5 or why their _______ is better.

If you don't like the feature don't use it, if it upsets you that its there at all then do as others have said stay on 5.0 or get another brand of phone.

Demanding it not be there at all is on the same level with not wanting multiple ringtones installed because you only like a certain one, or you don't use bluetooth so you don't want that option in your way. I've not spent a whole lot of time on Android phones but I'm pretty sure they come with plenty of software and such you can't get rid of with out hacking it.

The problem is an OS that is 100% customizable is its not practical to develop and make money, mostly because when you have too many options and features it becomes very difficult to use/setup. Look at Business grade networking equipment VS Consumer grade, both can accomplish similar things but there are options the business grade stuff has that consumers don't care about and vice versa.
 
Wow, the degree of vitriol in this thread to the original poster is just plain astounding.

I agree with them. If a user chooses not to link their device to a third party, be it Facebook or Twitter or whatever the next flash in the pan is, then they option to SHARE to those services shouldn't appear either. Anywhere. It clutters the interface and is confusing. If you don't believe try teaching an elderly person how to simply share a photo - bewildering array of options.

A simple conditional statement in the UI should do it. Having a globally (geographically) consistent UI is not always a win.

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trevorlc said:
The problem is an OS that is 100% customizable is its not practical to develop and make money, mostly because when you have too many options and features it becomes very difficult to use/setup. Look at Business grade networking equipment VS Consumer grade, both can accomplish similar things but there are options the business grade stuff has that consumers don't care about and vice versa.
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Wrong and flawed analogy.

The UI should be (and is) pliable according to user preference. That's the power of, say, soft keys, adjustable font sizes, the preferences app.

The deep Facebook integration is welcome to many users (myself included) but that doesn't mean it should be impossible to disable it. It should be opt-in, with dynamic UI elements based on that pref. We are literally talking about one line of code (or less depending on your design pattern)
 
Yeah, all of the people who are saying here that if you don't sign in, you'll never see any sign of these services are dead wrong. They are all over the sharing functions in iOS 6, even if you aren't signed in to the services. That's just lazy programming.
 
I agree with then don't use it. However, I have a variation. I use Facebook (ok a lot more a while ago) to keep track of what is happening in a few of my friends life. I have the app on my iPhone and used to use it daily. What I am afraid of - based upon some threads is if I sign in then do I get things such as calendar entries with people's birthdays or contacts brought over and added to my contacts.
I gather that I have to login via settings to facebook to actually turn on the integration but then turn stuff off to not get birthdays and contacts. I like having the app there if I want it but for it not to do anything else to my system without my specific permission to do it - not to have to turn things off that default to on. That is my objection to this type of integration. Facebook has a view of the world that I don't have and still tries very hard to make me follow. Apple has someone the same philosophy but not quite as bad.
I don't have the time or inclination to try things and then have to fix and clean up.

You can complain all you want about Apple's methods but they are the most valuable company in the world by following their own path.
 
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