Official line
Home will no longer be supported.
Meta · Operating Systems · Product
Facebook Home
Discontinued
2013–2015 · 2 years in market
Launched
Apr 4, 2013
Discontinued
Jan 1, 2015
Cause of death
Strategic refocus
Evidence
Unsourced
What was it?
An Android launcher that replaced your home screen with Facebook. Carriers and users said no.
Why it died
Editorial reading
People do not want a social network as their OS. Also, OEMs and Google hated the idea.
Founder takeaway
Do not replace the operating system. Overlay, don’t occupy.
Sources
Unsourced — editorial reading
No primary source is attached yet. Treat the interpretation as editorial, not a citation.
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