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I'm going to assume this was a mistake. However, I have been seeing quite a few "mistakes" similar to this from Facebook lately. They have a legitimate problem

by Xuzz 15y ago

I'm going to assume this was a mistake. However, I have been seeing quite a few "mistakes" similar to this from Facebook lately. They have a legitimate problem with application spam, but if they are going to try and fight that by banning applications, they better be damn sure they are getting the right ones. But, they don't seem to be doing a particularly good job of that, at least from what I've seen. However: maybe they are doing a great job, and it's just the few mistakes we hear about. Or, even — maybe there's a legitimate reason for banning this application (although they could be better at communicating that reason, if there is one). But, at this point, even just the cases I've heard about here on HN don't inspire me (or, it seems, many others) to choose Facebook as the platform to develop upon. And that might be a bigger issue, even more than application spam. Edit: after reading saurik's post, this seems like a legitimate situation for them to pull it. However, the point still stands: they need to communicate this better to both KDE and the users of the application. I like Facebook. Just don't like it when stuff like this happens.

Blunt 15y ago
"they better be damn sure they are getting the right ones." No, see, the problem is you're not in control of FB. They are still a private company and they get to do what ever they want, obviously within the confines of US Laws and, obviously, to the benefit or detriment of their company. Life is simple: If you don't agree with their practices, then you have the power to chose to stop using their services. Why is that so hard for people to understand?
- seabee 15y ago
  People expect others not to jerk them around. They will bitch about how they've been jerked around long before they'll cut the jerk from their life. Hopefully, because said jerk will change their behaviour, in a perfect world. There is also a lot of inertia created from using Facebook for a little while. You can't just pretend that inertia doesn't exist.
ltamake 15y ago
Unfortunately, I cannot write this off as another "mistake". If I didn't have employees I talk to on Facebook, this would be the point at which I would delete my account. Facebook had its chance to redeem itself in my eyes. The attempted Google slander was a tipping point for me, but hearing that my fellow developers are having their apps shut down and their data deleted finally did it for me. I wouldn't have cared if they had just deactivated the app. If it was clear that KDE was leaking its API credentials, I would have done the same thing. But deleting user data is unacceptable. Yes, you shouldn't rely on Facebook for image storage. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't worry about your data being randomly deleted.

by Xuzz 15y ago

Blunt 15y ago

"they better be damn sure they are getting the right ones." No, see, the problem is you're not in control of FB. They are still a private company and they get to do what ever they want, obviously within the confines of US Laws and, obviously, to the benefit or detriment of their company. Life is simple: If you don't agree with their practices, then you have the power to chose to stop using their services. Why is that so hard for people to understand?

seabee 15y ago
People expect others not to jerk them around. They will bitch about how they've been jerked around long before they'll cut the jerk from their life. Hopefully, because said jerk will change their behaviour, in a perfect world. There is also a lot of inertia created from using Facebook for a little while. You can't just pretend that inertia doesn't exist.

ltamake 15y ago

Unfortunately, I cannot write this off as another "mistake". If I didn't have employees I talk to on Facebook, this would be the point at which I would delete my account. Facebook had its chance to redeem itself in my eyes. The attempted Google slander was a tipping point for me, but hearing that my fellow developers are having their apps shut down and their data deleted finally did it for me. I wouldn't have cared if they had just deactivated the app. If it was clear that KDE was leaking its API credentials, I would have done the same thing. But deleting user data is unacceptable. Yes, you shouldn't rely on Facebook for image storage. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't worry about your data being randomly deleted.