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Comment by saghm

5 years ago

> I think we'll see this happen with Facebook Messenger. Both the apps and the website have become slow and painful to use and get worse every month.

The messenger website has been atrocious for me lately. On my high-powered desktop, it often lags a bit, and on my fairly high-end laptop, it's virtually unusable. I thought it must be something I changed in my setup, but it's oddly comforting to hear that I'm not the only one with such issues.

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baby  5 years ago

For me it’s google maps, it has gotten so freaking slow both on mobile and on desktop. Actually google docs and sheet are the same.

ianlevesque  5 years ago

Try https://www.messenger.com/desktop

  • lethologica  5 years ago

    [tinfoil hat] A part of me believes that this was their intention in slowing down their browser site to the extent it has (and there is absolutely zero reason as to why it should load as slow as it does) in order to drive downloads for this application. [/tinfoil hat]

    It's funny. That page says "A simple app that lets you text, video chat and stay close to people you care about." If it's so simple, then why does the browser version of the site take forever to load?

    • gocartStatue  5 years ago

      Yeah, it used to work well in mobile browser, then only in desktop mode in mobile browser, then not at all. Now it only "kinda sorta" works in desktop browser on ridiculously overpowered PC. Gotta keep the walls tight in that private garden.