Facebook Messenger Is No. 1 in App Store, Has One-Star Rating

Like us, you were probably just a bit peeved when Facebook forced you to get the new messenger app, holding your private messages hostage until you cleared enough space on your phone memory to download it. Well now 

Case in point: Facebook's Messenger App, which boasts over 1,000,000,000 downloads, requires the acceptance of an alarming amount of personal data and, even more startling, direct control over your mobile device.

Users of all versions of the Facebook app will soon be required to download a separate app called Facebook Messenger to continue using their Facebook Messenger abilities. The original Facebook app for iOS, Android, and all other mobile platforms will

Users of all versions of the Facebook app will soon be required to download a separate app called Facebook Messenger to continue using their Facebook Messenger abilities. The original Facebook app for iOS, Android, and all other mobile platforms will

A new iOS 7 Cydia tweak was recently released for jailbreakers that allows the Facebook iPhone app to continue using the built-in chat functions instead of being forced to download and install Facebook Messenger.