Facebook kills Windows 10 app (because it’s easier than updating the thing)

[Andrew]

Windows 10 users will soon only have one option when it comes to checking Facebook – namely their browser of choice – because the dedicated app for the social media service is being shut down at the end of February.

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It’s not a huge surprise that Facebook has decided to shutter the Windows 10 app, given that we’re guessing there weren’t a huge amount of users anyway, and the application wasn’t updated regularly or particularly well-maintained.

 

Indeed, if you go by the Microsoft Store reviews of the application, the words ‘awful’ and ‘buggy’ crop up a lot, as do complaints about freezing, functions not working, and not being able to log in or even get it going.

 

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It's amazing how a software company can be so bad at making/maintaining software. Especially one as large as Facebook. This isn't the only garbage software they've released. I once listened to @Alex spend 45 minutes setting up the software his Oculus Rift. For comparison, it took me 15 minutes to set up the hardware and software combined for my Index.

 

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FB has been hit and miss with their updates, at least on the Android platform, their standard browser site is fine. I am not surprised they mothballed the Windows 10 app, in all honesty most users on a PC will just use the browser based site, no point in supporting a product that has a small impact.