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> The shareholders should ask Facebook management how they allowed their growth to be tied to the decisions of a completely unrelated third party company Is th
by Shish2k 5y ago
> The shareholders should ask Facebook management how they allowed their growth to be tied to the decisions of a completely unrelated third party company
Is this something Facebook-specific, or are you suggesting that _every_ company currently making money on iOS is stupid (And presumably Android too, since you’re almost-equally screwed if Google decide they don’t like you)? If that’s the case, what do you suggest doing instead?
- mrweasel 5y agoI don't thinks is Facebook specific, I'm sure other do it too. What I had in mind is that fact that Facebook isn't just an app buy or website you go to. They actively try to collect information about the users. Apple has long been moving towards more privacy, so Facebook shouldn't have been upset that Apple is limiting tracking abilities. It should have been something Facebook saw coming and planned for years ago.
- jokethrowaway 5y agoFacebook specifically had to push for an open web and just offer FB on web. Someone did a very nice clone a few years ago of a Facebook UI done entirely in the browser and it was snappy even in lower tier androids. It might be harder for other companies, eg games where you need native code to perform well but facebook really has no excuses. They were never going to benefit from walled gardens on mobile. It could be that they lacked skills to optimise a web page, judging from how terrible and heavy their frontend apps are, but I think it was mostly a strategic decision to go native.