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FB, forget vr, time to make your own phone.
by chj 8y ago
FB, forget vr, time to make your own phone.
- maxwellito 8y agoThey kinda tried already ;-) https://www.cnet.com/news/heres-why-the-facebook-phone-flopped/ https://www.cnet.com/news/heres-why-the-facebook-phone-flopp...
- javagram 8y agoPresumably FB has similar versions of internal apps for Android which has no remote kill switch since side loading is allowed. Employees could just switch to Android if they are worried about Apple killing their apps.
- goldmouth 8y agoI’m not sure about an Android internal app, all employees are given brand new iPhone x’s. When I worked there we all had to use the internal fb and IG apps and do all communication through them. Switching to android would mean a huge IT change and mean replacing every employees phone.
- Shish2k 8y ago> all employees are given brand new iPhone x’s. > [...] > replacing every employees phone Huh? Employees are given a choice of iPhone or Android; the full infrastructure stack already exists for both, internal apps are built and deployed for both. I'm pretty sure that IT could switch the whole company to Android overnight if they had the hardware in stock...
- goldmouth 8y agoGuess I was misktaken. I had the choice between a thinkpad and MacBook and given an iPhone, didn’t realize we could get an android or just didn’t pay attention...
- jackhack 8y agoWho in their right mind would trust that?