To be honest, the Facebook mobile app is not that good. It's laggy, and tends to take up so much space. If you don't believe me go check your smartphone's storage and see how much space the Facebook app took.No it's not 30MB, nor is it 50MB. On my personal phone it takes up to 600MB (combining the app size and the cache). Yes it's quite big. If you're on a 16GB iPhone, that'll definitely up eat much of your precious space.
And I'm not alone, many users wonder why the facebook app needs some much cache. No matter though because here's the popular advice. You should uninstall your facebook app.
Unless you're very dependent on the facebook app, you shouldn't need it on your smartphone. Then how would you access Facebook you ask. Simple, use your mobile browser.
To my surprise as well, the browser version of Facebook is quite good (better than it was a few years ago anyway). Especially if you're not a heavy facebook user you might prefer it. It has the messenger right in it without having to install another app. Plus it's not that taxing on your phone. Plus, you get storage space on our phone. Plus, it apparently gives 15% battery life to your smartphone.You read it right. 15% is the percentage that you would save by uninstalling the facebook app on your phone. Well at least that's what they found out with their test. Before this, many battery apps have reported facebook to be a drain hog and now it's just proven.
This advice doesn't only apply to iOS. Another report on BGR also states that there is performance improvement as well for Android. Other apps launches much faster.
So what are you waiting for? If your smartphone is laggy, consider uninstalling the facebook app.
Source: The Guardian, BGR
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