I know a lot of people have issues with Facebook. For reference, see anything @Porkchop has to say about it. But I have never minded it. I still use. Not as annoyingly as some people do, but mainly just to chat to people. More so than my laptop, I am usually chatting to people through Facebook on my phone.
Now the one thing I never wanted to do was give Facebook my number. They always ask for it but I never have. I just don't want them to have it. I don't know why they would need it.
Anyway, lately, whenever I have gone to chat to someone on Facebook chat on my phone, it has asked me to download the Facebook messenger app which is a separate app from the actual Facebook one. I was about to but on the app store, it has 1.5 stars out of 5 based on nearly 2000 reviews. Everyone is basically calling it shit, so I decided against it. At first it gave you a choice. Then, all of a sudden, you had to download it if you wanna to chat to someone through Facebook on your phone. So I did.
However, once I downloaded it, you couldn't activate it or use it until you typed in your mobile number. Now, they claim that this is only a way to chat to other people who you aren't friends with, as long as they have the same app. But I think this was just a way to get peoples numbers. I mean, why would I need to chat to people I'm not friends with. How would I even know to chat to them? I don't know them. What Facebook have essentially done is make their own Whats App.
I really don't know why Facebook wants everyones numbers so much.