[kendallpark]

I uninstalled the Facebook app from my phone when it kept trying to push Messenger on me. I only use the webclient these days.

This bolsters my resolve to keep that app off my phone. You know, it doesn't bother me too much to have companies like Google analyzing my email to send targeted ads because I assume that information is not going to get out to the public. Facebook is a different case because there's a bidirectional flow of private information. It is a HUGE privacy concern (especially as someone that will be a physician in a few years).

[dasboth]

I succumbed to the Messenger app and the first thing it did was message a random handful of my friends to say I've joined Messenger... instant uninstall. Now I also just use the web client and if I want to read my messages on my phone I can do that by requesting the desktop site.

[NoGravitas]

You can also request the mobile site (m.facebook.com), but with a desktop user interface. This seems to be the most practical way of reading Facebook messages on mobile at this time.

[kendallpark]

Yup, this is exactly what I do.