The OP states further down that the issue they have is with the carrier:

"I have to agree that my carrier is more to blame than Google or Android. After all, the facebook app isn't in the android source tree. It was introduced and locked in by my carrier.

My grippe is more about Android being touted left and right as a the first Open mobile platform while when it reaches the end user it's been locked by the carrier.

But indeed, my diatribe should have been more targeted to my carrier."