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s/React/React Native/

Pretty sure they're using it on web everywhere and IMHO that's a decent choice when you need state management / DOM updates.

React Native is a whole other ball of mud, taking UI decisions out of the main thread where phones want them to be and delegating them into a bolted on javascript environment.

I was told they use mostly for the ad platform and slow as snail.

And FB performance degrading every month. I mostly use FB groups.

Meta is not the target market for React Native.

In your opinion who is?

A team that doesn’t have the resources for both Android and iOS experts. You won’t get as polished of a product but you’ll get it done with less work.

Instagram (the web version at least) is built in React.