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Not quite over. These days I can't view my facebook messages on Firefox for Android without hacking my user agent to pretend to be Android 4. I'm happy that i

Not quite over. These days I can't view my facebook messages on Firefox for Android without hacking my user agent to pretend to be Android 4. I'm happy that it's just a few irresponsible sites though. It used to be half the web.

chadcatlett 9y ago
Sadly I do something similar for Amazon Music. I don't have the bundled flash player in Chrome enabled and it won't use web based drm on Linux browsers, so I use a user agent extension that tells their site I'm on Windows and it works fine.
mehrdadn 9y ago
That's an entirely different issue I think? Do you have a different experience with Chrome?
themarkn 9y ago
Even at mbasic.facebook.com? This is how I do all my messaging these days.
- simooooo 9y ago
  Just yesterday I was on the normal mobile site laughing at how it took 15+ seconds to load stuff. This is great.
- froindt 9y ago
  I hate Facebook so much for this. Their apps are beyond bloated and track far more than I'm interested in sharing. It used to be no issue at all to send messages. But suddenly it's not possible to send a message without going to a clunky version of Facebook.
  - themarkn 9y ago
    My objections are not with Facebook really. I'm willing to make the tradeoffs that are required to participate in Facebook. I wish it were better, but Facebook is responding to incentives and is rewarded for its actions, so it's hard for me to hate them, or expect moral virtuousness. Facebook is just doing what capitalism tells it is ok. Hate for Facebook is wasted energy. We have to stop rewarding the behaviors that we don't wish to see repeated.
gpm 9y ago
Wait, that works? I'd just given up on fb on my phone. If you don't mind... what exactly do you need to do?
- GroSacASacs 9y ago
  phony add on
- ianlevesque 9y ago
  Or just use Messenger Lite https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.mlite https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.m...

chadcatlett 9y ago

Sadly I do something similar for Amazon Music. I don't have the bundled flash player in Chrome enabled and it won't use web based drm on Linux browsers, so I use a user agent extension that tells their site I'm on Windows and it works fine.

mehrdadn 9y ago

That's an entirely different issue I think? Do you have a different experience with Chrome?

themarkn 9y ago

Even at mbasic.facebook.com? This is how I do all my messaging these days.

simooooo 9y ago
Just yesterday I was on the normal mobile site laughing at how it took 15+ seconds to load stuff. This is great.
froindt 9y ago
I hate Facebook so much for this. Their apps are beyond bloated and track far more than I'm interested in sharing. It used to be no issue at all to send messages. But suddenly it's not possible to send a message without going to a clunky version of Facebook.
- themarkn 9y ago
  My objections are not with Facebook really. I'm willing to make the tradeoffs that are required to participate in Facebook. I wish it were better, but Facebook is responding to incentives and is rewarded for its actions, so it's hard for me to hate them, or expect moral virtuousness. Facebook is just doing what capitalism tells it is ok. Hate for Facebook is wasted energy. We have to stop rewarding the behaviors that we don't wish to see repeated.

gpm 9y ago

Wait, that works? I'd just given up on fb on my phone. If you don't mind... what exactly do you need to do?

GroSacASacs 9y ago
phony add on
ianlevesque 9y ago
Or just use Messenger Lite https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.mlite https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.m...