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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] 38 points 10 months ago (37 children)

Who tf uses messenger

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (26 children)

Everyone in my family 😞

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (12 children)

Texting still exists.

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

Again, who tf uses messenger?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

In our country, texting (through the built-in Messenger app) is mostly done as an emergency measure, as most people here use Meta's other messaging app, WhatsApp.

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