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		derefr on Oct 29, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have d... I want to delete the Facebook app, but apparently it's needed on iOS for other apps to "Login with Facebook." So instead, I just leave it installed but with all push-notifications, location-usage, etc. disabled, and then kill it right after I'm done using it to log into something.

juhq on Oct 29, 2018 | [–]

"Login with Facebook" without the app will just use the browser on your device and you can continue login into apps using your fb account without the app.

qwerty456127 on Oct 29, 2018 | [–]

I was lucky to realize using social log-ins is a mistake early enough so I only StackExchange accounts tied to Google.

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