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

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[-] [email protected] 52 points 10 months ago

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

[-] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They cut the size down to 30 MB on iOS in 2019, but they're back to 110 since (on Android, it's 60 MB).

EDIT: In terms of updates, they are pretty stable at one update a week on both systems.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Android 13 here, Messenger is 148mb, last update 11 days ago

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