Facebook might be an social network to connect the masses, but behind the scene, the social network is all about money making and much of its income comes from selling the data of its users to advertisement companies. These companies in turn use this data to accurately target their advertisements at us.
We are now on a stage where Facebook has become an integral part of our day to day lives. Taking advantage of this fact, Facebook has recently removed the messaging feature from its main app and made it mandatory to install the Facebook messenger if users wanted to continue using the messaging feature. People are not happy with Facebook forcing them to use the Messenger app and as expected it has caused an quite an uproar among the Facebook user community.
The Messenger app constantly runs in your phone’s background and this is why its a major battery drainer. Adding to this, the app’s huge list of permissions are a also a reason to worry about and last but not the least, Facebook is known to be privacy breacher and by installing the Messenger app on your phone, you would be openly inviting Facebook to breach your privacy.
How to Send Facebook Messages without the Messenger App
Fortunately, for those who don’t want to use the Facebook messenger to send and receive messages, you can always access Facebook.com ( http://m.facebook.com ) through your mobile browser and you will be able to send and receive messages ad you do on your PC.
Right now this is the only way by which you can avoid using the Facebook messenger app. Meanwhile Facebook users have shown their frustration over the Messenger App on the Google play store though negative ratings and reviews.