Why Facebook’s Moments Is the No. 1 Free App on the iTunes App Store

Facebook’s stand-alone Moments application, which was received tepidly, at best, suddenly found itself at No. 1 Friday on the iTunes App Store list of free apps, but there’s a catch.

Facebook’s stand-alone Moments application, which was received tepidly, at best, suddenly found itself at No. 1 Friday on the iTunes App Store list of free apps, but there’s a catch.

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The social network has begun emailing users and warning them that their Synced Photos folders will be deleted July 7, with those images lost unless users download them or install Moments.

TechCrunch shared a screenshot of the email from the @aurevoiralexis Twitter account, and the email reads:

We wanted to let you know that photos you privately synced from your phone to Facebook will be deleted soon.

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