Facebook has plans in case its app disappears
It's not that the social network in the world is going to have short-term problems and is going to close its doors in any way the ways. However, Facebook has its own plan in case Google decides to do without your app in the Google Play Store Or at least that's what the leaked information says about the possibilities of the network social if Google decides to turn off the tap in its application store, where an experiment carried out among users of the Android platform stands out.
According to the data echoed by Engadget, the social network would have had a contingency plan for several years in the event that your app disappeared from Google Play Store An unrealistic assumption considering the good they do to each other for topics like number of downloads and in-app purchases (in the US), but it demonstrates the tension and competition between the two technology companies.
In this way, Facebook has dedicated itself during this time to investigating what would happen if its application were not available on Google Play Store And what have you done to carry out this study? Very simple: an experiment in which they introduced a bug or malfunction of the application that forced it to be closed on Android terminals In other words, a false bug that some users have come across occasionally to examine their behavior.
Apparently, the data produced by the study of Facebook, and which have now been leaked, show that those responsible for the network social should not be concerned in case the app crashes or gets removed from the Google Play Store Thus, the web version of Facebookwould receive these users who have encountered problems with the application. Something that today is even more useful thanks to the technological advances of the social network to avoid consuming all the resources of the user's terminal or to facilitate navigation on slow connections.
It is also curious, according to the leaked information, that Facebook has been concerned about offering alternatives to the services of Google, always in case of a supposed open war between both companies.In this way it would replace some of the services such as in-app purchases or app updates. There would even be a place to download the application, and an alternative system of maps to Google Maps to indicate locations and places.
In short, a real plan B in case the relations between Facebook and Google broke for some reason. Something that seems difficult to happen, but of which both companies are now informed, albeit no reaction on the matter before the publication of these data. It remains to be seen, then, if the tensions and competitiveness affect the services they provide to users at some point, although we now know that, in the event of a rupture, there will always be alternatives to enjoy the social network outside of the application. At least on platform Android
