Meta discontinues Messenger Lite for Android, it will be unavailable after Sep 18. Users need to install regular Messenger app instead ( beehaw.org )

I have not found any news article on this on a whim. Because my friends and family, I need to use Facebook Messenger, and Messenger Lite was a OK client - lightweight, no unnecessary features, etc., compared to the regular Messenger app.

Now I'm a little torn, having a Meta app on my phone is already bad, but having to downgrade to the bloated Messenger app? Not sure I will make a change. What are your thoughts?

archchan ,
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Just gonna leave this here: https://www.signal.org/

smileyhead ,

Why still use Facebook when we have the Internet?

SkepticElliptic ,

Marketplace became the defacto replacement for craigslist in my area 😔

alertsleeper ,

I wish someone discontinued Meta

Zuberi ,
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Who tf uses messenger

teawrecks ,

Everyone in my family 😞

Zuberi ,
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Texting still exists.

Being spied on by facebook, microsoft, and google is not worth the risk to me personally.

Again, who tf uses messenger?

MystikIncarnate ,

You'd rather be spied on by your carrier.... Got it.

Zuberi ,
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Better them than companies who advertise to me directly

I don't use either one, for very obvious reasons

Poob ,

I'll die before I install Facebook Messenger

aksdb ,

Is their messenger still a 150 MB monster that gets updated twice a day?

Supercharger ,

Yes, and they constantly change how parts of the UI work, most often getting more in the way of efficient actual messaging... It's really bad.

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