BTW the error is not present with FF + uBlock Origin.
EDIT: there is a less know FB app, called Facebook Lite. When you try to install it, you'll get a "This app is incompatible with all of your devices." - which is not true. It's fully compatible, you're just not in the eligible geolication. To get it: http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/facebook-2/lite/lite-53-0-0-3-9...
It's an alternative, tiny app, without the bloat of the "true" FB app, aimed at developing countries where smartphones are much less powerful.
I must say that i find it highly ironic that the likes of Facebook and Google have in recent years been introducing lite sites and apps for the third world. Site and apps that in the process rip out most of what the rest of us want to see gone as well.
only for germany and africa (both have wierd data plans) (p.s. messenger lite for germany is real, i.e. the site is correctly translated & such, so that's not a joke.)
Even with the Lite app I would recommend blocking all or most of the app permissions before you run the app the first time. Otherwise Facebook will slurp up your contacts, texts, location, etc. You can block most of it since Android 6.0 by going into System Settings -> Apps -> Lite app -> Permissions -> turn everything off.
Why would anyone install this spyware? That they would lie about incompatibility to prevent legitimate users shows how unethical this company is. And yeah, I do mean that FB is a spyware.
You can use your browser to "request desktop site" briefly while you chat, and then switch it off. There is no technical reason that it doesn't work, but Facebook gonna face.
I remember the day they turned it off. Then for awhile on my device the request desktop site move used to fix mobile chat, without changing anything else (still served mobile site I mean) which was fine. Then they took that away too. Still haven't downloaded the app.
It does only on desktop, which you can already do on the main facebook site. The issue is how they Facebook removed messenging from m.facebook.com and the standard FB app.
Personally, I use mbasic.facebook.com for FB messages on my phone.
facebook lite is also super lite on data usage. They had a whole article a while back about how they got high-quality profile & banner pictures without sucking up the user's data.
BTW the error is not present with FF + uBlock Origin.
EDIT: there is a less know FB app, called Facebook Lite. When you try to install it, you'll get a "This app is incompatible with all of your devices." - which is not true. It's fully compatible, you're just not in the eligible geolication. To get it: http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/facebook-2/lite/lite-53-0-0-3-9...
It's an alternative, tiny app, without the bloat of the "true" FB app, aimed at developing countries where smartphones are much less powerful.