<Interesting/> "Mobile" appears as risk factor in 2 instances.
- Growth in use of Facebook through our mobile products, where we do not currently display ads, as a substitute for use on personal computers may negatively affect our revenue and financial results;
- Facebook user growth and engagement on mobile devices depend upon effective operation with mobile operating systems, networks, and standards that we do not control;
They will be able to exert any control they want on the Windows Phone through Microsoft. Also, what prevents them from showing ads in mobile apps? They did a great work locking everyone out of functionality that would enable direct FB access, app developers can only access FB as an FB app, so no ad-less competition there.
- Growth in use of Facebook through our mobile products, where we do not currently display ads, as a substitute for use on personal computers may negatively affect our revenue and financial results;
- Facebook user growth and engagement on mobile devices depend upon effective operation with mobile operating systems, networks, and standards that we do not control;