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?

  • Deestan@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    This sucks.

    Can’t ditch it completely due to family, but got a few more contacts over on Signal after this announcement.

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      1 year ago

      Just log in to Facebook on desktop every couple of days. If they want speedy responses, they will know yto try an aternative medium.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t use Facebook so I don’t know -

      Why can’t you just have a group text with your family.

      • cnnrduncan@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        Because SMS doesn’t support group chats and MMS is expensive garbage (50c/300kb is fucked)