One more time, silly me! I decided give the official Facebook app for Android a tryThis time, after a long time without using it, I decided to install it on the Huawei P30 that I am testing for a while in the hope that the known problems of excessive battery consumption and system resources would have been solved.
I repeat the fool of me or even add the point of hopelessly hopeless, since in addition to encountering the same problems or even worse excessive battery drain, now I also find other permission problems that I consider totally unnecessary for the proper functioning of the application and that are totally abusive since generate great distrust in the official Facebook application So much so that I once again recommend uninstalling it urgently. (See attached video).
Very high battery consumption and more
At the top of this same post you can find a video recorded in vertical format from the Huawei P30, in which I explain all the problems that I have encountered after the installation of official Facebook and after only 24 hours of use on my Android.
Some problems that range from the known excessive consumption of the application that runs constantly in the background, Very, very high battery consumption !!, to the problems or rather moral dilemmas that arise when reading and inspecting the permissions that we accept after the installation of Facebook for Android.
Permissions to perform almost any action without our consent
A Pair of permissions that allow you to do almost anything you please on my Android without me knowing, permissions such as downloading files without notification, permissions to constantly search for Bluetooth devices around me, permissions to make calls without my consent or even a controversial permission with which Facebook is allowed to use, access and activate the microphone at any time without prior notice.
So if to the already known and excessive battery consumption of the official Facebook application for Android we add these permissions that are not necessary for the proper and proper functioning of the app, We are facing one of the worst and most harmful applications for Android, which I can only recommend urgently uninstalling.
Use alternative clients or the web version of Facebook
Remember that if you have decided like me for the uninstall facebook, This does not mean that you have to stop using the social network that has millions of users hooked, instead you can choose to install some other unofficial Facebook client, or as I do in my case , use the web version of the App by creating a shortcut to the main screen from my favorite web browser.
A good alternative client could be the Swipe for Android option an app that reduces permissions to those absolutely necessary and essential for the Facebook application and service to function properly.
How to uninstall Facebook completely
To end this article in which I highly recommend for the sake of your Android that you uninstall Facebook, I have to remind you or warn you that in addition to uninstalling the application downloaded from the Google Play Store, we also have to go to the settings of our Android, Applications and look for two or three services that, as per art of magic will surely come pre-installed on your Android.
These services can be found by just using the search within the Installed applications option and clicking Facebook, you will see that two or three installed applications will appear with the following names: Facebook App Instaler, Facebook App Manager and Facebook Services, applications that by default are pre-installed in millions and millions of Android terminals.
Applications and services that run in the background and are only used for excessive battery consumption and that they are constantly spying on us for their own interests which are usually the already known sale of our private data to the highest bidder.
As a general rule, since in most computers these applications are installed on the system, the only thing we are going to be able to do is disable it and nothing else.Some applications and services that I really do not understand why are pre-installed as standard on my Android when I can download or not the Facebook application from the Google Play Store under my free choice.
Hello! Could you put a comparison of battery consumption with and without the app? I don't notice any difference on my phone.