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by someweirdperson 1521 days ago
Why does it have any downloads at all? Isn't it pre-installed on almost every new phone?

Does the download-chart consider the pe-installed ones, e.g., though updates?

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In the eyes of Wall Street, it's all about growth. Facebook continues to be among the Top 3 or Top 5 apps in installed base but if you're not growing at the same pace as before, it's bad.
Facebook is obviously not likely to significantly grow their user base at this stage. There’s only so many people. Wall Street doesn’t expect them to do the impossible.
Or does it? Wall Street tends to do irrational stuff, and besides, there are still about four billion people in the world without a Facebook account, so there’s still room to grow.
It is on Samsung phones and it pisses me off because there's no effective way from removing it short of rooting the device. Being able to "disable" it isn't good enough, I don't want their shitty apps on my phone - period. I'll be looking at other options next time I upgrade.
Actually there is. Enable dev mode on the phone and uninstall the fb apps via adb shell. It is usually rhe first thing I do on a Samsung phone. See: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-how-to-remove-faceb...
> Isn't it pre-installed on almost every new phone?

No - never seen Facebook pre-installed on any phone I’ve bought

Not on Apple ones.
Not on the Nokia XR20 I bought a few months ago