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by tobtoh 3665 days ago
I expected Messenger would just handle chat messages (ie a direct replacement for my web-based FB chat). That it also would re-route voice calls was not expected, but I don't blame it for that.

I do blame it that it doesn't give me the option to disable that functionality. I do not want phone calls to be routed via Messenger ever - yet you have no ability to separate that functionality.
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quarterto 3665 days ago
Your friend chose to contact you via Facebook Messenger, for whatever reason. It didn't "reroute" anything. Phone calls are phone calls. If they'd actually rung you instead of using Facebook Messenger, your phone would still have rung.
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tobtoh 3665 days ago
It does reroute it.

If you use Messenger to call another Messenger user, it will attempt to make the call as a VOIP call using your data. If you don't have Messenger, it routes it as a normal phone call via your telco 'voice' 3G/4G network. Similar to how iMessage works with SMS on iphones (except with iMessage, I can turn it off on my end)

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quarterto 3665 days ago
Okay, but you made it sound like Messenger was intercepting an incoming "normal phone call".
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prutschman 3665 days ago
What will happen if that same person tries calling you through Messenger now that you've removed the program?
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