I did the opposite: Kept Messenger and got rid of the Facebook app. That way, when someone wants to talk to me, I don't get sucked into the void of their newsfeed - so it becomes just one more communication app alongside iMessage, Telegram, Whatsapp and Discord for me.

It's interesting that Uber decided to merge their apps (Uber + Uber Eats) while FB seems to want to create more.

Personally I don't care about app count, I'm just not a huge fan of when companies spin features off as products unless it makes total sense. I think it does in this case, it looks like a crossover of Messenger and Instagram that reminds me of Snapchat when it was just a sexting app.

A suggestion: you can use mbasic.facebook.com from your mobile browser to communicate on Facebook. No apps required.

> This feels like when Facebook spun off Messenger, I just stopped using it on my phone

From a separate point of view: I was super happy when Messenger was spun off so I could delete Facebook from my phone.

I get the marketing angle . This is directed to the social media addicted and it launches the camera directly , so the app icon is basically a shortcut key.

I m surprised they didnt just launch a phone for it.