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If you're referring to the mobile app (iOS), there is a way to change the setting to Most Recent posts; however, it is buried and difficult. You're right here, Facebook wants full control so they CAN put more ads on the users' news feed.

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And this is one of the reasons why I uninstalled the android app and use the mobile website instead - it still offers the option to sort by most recent.

And doesn't try to trick you into installing Facebook Messenger. Recently got a mobile notification of a message from a Facebook contact, clicked on it naturally thinking it would take me either to the website, or the messages section in the Facebook app. Nope, it decided to start me on a wizard for setting up and installing Facebook Messenger, and proceeding to ask me to invite my other contacts to join as well.

No thank you.

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