Facebook Connect Pulled From Ping?

Posted by rorypiper on September 2nd, 2010 in Applications , iPad , iPhone , iPod Touch , News

With the release of iTunes 10, comes Apple’s new music social network, “Ping”. Although I don’t see myself using this very much, I set up my account. It was pretty simple. You just sign in with your Apple ID, add a picture, and add some info in “About Me”. There was also an option to add Facebook Connect. I set this up as well.

So, today I go to take a look at my Ping, and Facebook Connect is gone. What gives, Apple? There has been lots of speculation going around the net today that Apple pulled it, due to some incompatibilities. Others are saying it was pulled before the release (answering why it took so long to release yesterday). I took these screenshots while setting up my account yesterday. As you can see, Facebook Connect was there.

Also, when I log in to my Facebook account, I can still see iTunes Ping, in my Applications Settings.

What is your speculation on why Facebook Connect was removed from Ping? Do you even plan on using Ping? Comment below. rorypiper

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    I think they removed Facebook from ping because they don’t want to be in the same boat. I believe apple wants ping to be independent social enviroment, not a branch of Facebook in a sense.