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Facebook and Whatsapp Discontinue Support For Blackberry (canadajournal.net)

Posted by timothy on from the where's-the-buggywhip-socket? dept.

Meshach writes with a link to news that as of yesterday, Facebook and WhatsApp have both discontinued support for Blackberry smartphones including BlackBerry 10 and BBOS platforms. Apparently Blackberry fought to have the support continue but in the end they were not successful. BlackBerry has had to replaced their official Facebook App with a native app that uses a simple web interface. If you're still using a Blackberry, it would be interesting to know why. (You like the interface? Business requirement? Just being contrarian?)

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  1. Not surprising by johanw · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Blackberry is dropping support for BBOS itself. The current BBOS 10 seems to be in maintenance mode and their new device will run Android. And the remarks of their CEO that companies should add a backdoor for "lawfull interception" scared away all customers who valued privacy and destroyed the "it is secure" argument when considering Blackberry.

  2. Re:Not everyone uses Facebook or WhatApp by houstonbofh · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Some of us don't use "apps" when a web page works just fine. And once you read the TOS, you will too! God, they are privacy sucking nightmares!

  3. Re:Not everyone uses Facebook or WhatApp by KiloByte · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There are valid reasons to use Blackberry. There are no valid reasons to use Facebook.

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  4. Re:Oh noes!!!!! by c · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Blackberry has had to replaced their official Facebook App with a native app that uses a simple web interface."

    Oh no, those poor peasants, forced to use a filthy web interface! Oh the shame, oh the degradation, how will they ever be able to hold their heads up in public again??

    I'm not seeing the problem, here, either. Facebook on a mobile browser is, IMHO, a *better* experience than the Facebook App. No battery drain while you're not using it, no notification nonsense, no having Facebook code creeping through your private data.

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