This is why I don't use Facebook any more.

WARNING RANT AHEAD

So I don't use Facebook, my reasons are numerous and largely boring. But I haven't logged into my Facebook account in months. Every so often Facebook sends me an email telling me that I have "notifications pending" without actually telling me what kind. These are simply ploys to try and get me to log in again, I've learned to ignore them.

Then today I get an email saying that someone I actually know (though haven't spoken to in literally years) has sent me a birthday card (as Facebook likes to tell everyone about my upcoming birthday)... and they have sent it through "Cards", an app of some kind designed to... send cards I guess.

So I think... well what the hey, someone decided to take 5 minutes out of their day to say happy birthday to an old friend, I can take 5 minutes out of my day to read what they said and say thank you, I'm not that much of a curmudgeon.

So I log in, and then click on the card to see it, and I get presented with this page.



Now granted, you've probably all seen this before for other apps, but really, how excessive does this get? In order to see a birthday card, I need to grant this thing almost complete access to my Facebook account, including permission to post to Facebook as me and access my data at any time... and this is an all or nothing thing. Now, of course I'm not going to say yes, but does anyone else remember a time when you got cards through the regular mail without the postman asking you for all of your personal information before delivering it to you?

Yes, this is why I don't use Facebook any more.