People here like it, but end-to-end encryption is an objectively worse user experience for people that don't care about that feature
I think of it not as a consumer feature but rather quite foundational for a working democracy.
But then again, their technical model has always been "fat client, dumb server" from the start.
It's fine for the use case they're meant for. Unlike Instagram, they had these usability limitations from the start, and they delegated auth completely to the phone providers.
I used to help a nonprofit with their facebook account, made it a real pain in the ass for everyone involved.
Of course facebook has no customer service and their slop docs were of no use.
- If you lose you phone you lose your messages
- If you forget your password you lose your messages
- If you switch phone you often lose messages
- If you get added to a group you can't see the previous messages
This shouldn't be the case right? As password isn't related to the key messages are encrypted with.