I’m glad they do as that’s the only way I use those platforms. Same applies for twitter. Usin an app means I can’t block ads.
Why does Facebook and Instagram still provides web interface when most of their users use the Android or IOS app?
Submitted 7 months ago by kionite231@lemmy.ca to [deleted]
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ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 7 months ago
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 7 months ago
They make it so painful though to obviously twist people’s arms into installing their data harvesting apps. Facebook on mobile is so stripped down and actually freezes half the times you try to use it.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Same. But the question still stands. Worth pointing out several features are missing in Instagram for Web so they definitely want you using the app.
cloudless@lemmy.cafe 7 months ago
Meta apps are some of the worst spyware. When I occasionally need to use Facebook, I use the web interface only, so I don’t need to install the apps.
lurch@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
You need it to share URLs. You can’t know the device it will be opened on. Also, news articles sometimes embed them, which they use to hoard information about readers.
RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 7 months ago
I was really hoping this would say “why does Facebook and Instagram provide a web interface when their crappy platforms rarely show content unless you’re using their app”.
At this point it’s purely a performance that they even offer a web interface to their platform.
Same goes for Twitter.
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Instagram is especially awful when using a web browser… but pintrest wins my award for the best black hole of all time. Information goes into pintrest and then it dies forever.
TriflingToad@lemmy.world 7 months ago
apparently Lemmy thinks this is such a stupid question it doesn’t belong on NoStupidQuestions 🤷♀️
kionite231@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Yeah, I was wondering why so many downvotes
andrewta@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Because only most users use the app, some still use the web for what ever reason. Gotta give your customer what they want.
kionite231@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Also what about those on a pc?
this could be the reason why they still provides the web interface ig.
grandel@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Downvoting a stupid question in a no stupid questions community is just plain wrong yall.
sanguinepar@lemmy.world 7 months ago
In addition to other reasons given, I see their web interfaces as recruitment methods.
People who don’t have the app can still click links which bring them to the FB/IG/Tw websites - and then that could be enough to get them interested enough to then go on and install the full app especially when they find out how restricted the websites are.
chottomatte@lemdro.id 7 months ago
An extra way to get more data , this time from people who doesn’t download the app for whatever reasons ( like low storage for example )
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I don’t download apps if the place has a website. I don’t want some garbage company on my phone unless it’s in a browser. Infact most applications are just trash and show limited functionality of the website, nothing more. Most program d are literally useless trash.
tun@lemm.ee 7 months ago
There was a time Instagram is only accessible using mobile apps.
kionite231@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
that’s interesting… I wonder why they revert the changes.
tun@lemm.ee 7 months ago
AFAIR, Instagram started mobile only.
Then they made the service available in more platforms.
kometes@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Better question: why would you install a security risk social media app on your phone?
Rob200@lemmy.autism.place 7 months ago
It makes buisness sense to make Facebook and Instagram available to more platforms.
Because you can’t target them with ads as efficently if they can’t keep using your service on a pc.
Why would Zuck throw away an opertunuty to squeeze some more bucks.
slazer2au@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Because there are entire ecosystems that don’t have iOS or Android app comparability. Mainly MacOS, Windows, and Linux.