According to some user reports, trying to see messages through Facebook’s mobile website and through third-party apps no more works. Rather of showing chats, users are rather welcomed with a message that checks out, “your discussions are relocating to Messenger.”

Others have reported that on Android , Facebook instantly reroutes them to the Messenger page in the Google Play Store to motivate setting up the app.

The effort to press individuals towards Messenger isn’t really a brand-new technique for Facebook; the business cut off access to messaging in its mobile app in 2014 as a method to obtain individuals onto the devoted messaging platform that Facebook hopes will be utilized as much to interact with buddies as it will be for bots and brand names .

There are a lot of factors for preventing Messenger aside from simply desiring the benefit of having messages in the very same location as the remainder of the social media network; the app is understood to be a resource hog that drains pipes battery at a quick rate and needs a not-inconsequential quantity of area to set up.

Luckily, there are still methods to obtain around the abrupt redaction of messages set up by Facebook.

If you’re utilizing the Chrome mobile web browser, you can utilize the “Request Desktop Site” function in the app settings and it will stop the popup and enable you to see messages. Safari users can push and hold the refresh icon to trigger the “Resquest Desktop Site” choice. Firefox users can set up a plugin called Phony that produces for a comparable workaround with a “Desktop mode” choice.

Others have actually reported that tapping the “x” in the corner of the popup numerous times will ultimately enable access. Merely triggering an advertisement blocker has actually worked for others. Some have actually discovered checking out the domain 0. facebook.com to workthough it seems region-specific.

The Daily Dot connected to Facebook for added details about the modifications to message availability however did not get a reaction at the time of publication.

H/T Ars Technica

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