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by KuiN 2166 days ago
It's not acceptable.

None of the apps broken on my phone require Facebook features for core functionality. Downtime happens, but downtime due to your non-essential & user-hostile ads/tracking/social SDK? These companies deserve every single cent of lost revenue.
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lukeramsden 2166 days ago
If the last time this happens is anything to go by, a lot of apps have the FBSDK to facilitate their "Log In with Facebook" functionality. The issue is that you have to include a monolithic SDK that initialises itself without your control just for simple functionality like that.

IMO, blame Facebook.

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swagonomixxx 2165 days ago
Blame both of them. I'm done with Spotify after this. I'm heading over to Apple Music.

It's a total joke that an app would crash on startup because of this idiocy.

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zuppy 2166 days ago
the sdk initialises itself just by being included. this is why the crash happens on startup. even if you only use it for login, it will still crash.
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