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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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[-] dan@upvote.au 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can use Facebook Lite instead of the main Messenger app if you want to. It's got messaging integrated into it.

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[-] NecroMemories@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

Not incredibly surprising given how little it's been updated and how things like clicking links doesn't work. Definitely exhausted by how aggressively things are just getting worse now.

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[-] yoz@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago

How will it affect me? Well! It won't because I dont use facebook. Lol

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[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Are you using video/audio call functionality? If not, get on the beeper waiting list. It supports connecting to facebook messenger, but it doesn't support video/audio calls.

[-] sab@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

What keeps this from being blocked by the service providers like any other third party app?

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[-] theredhood@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

At least use messenger with vanced patches to get rid of all the ads in conversation view.

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Lots of options aside from Facebook.

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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Nope.

It'll die.

We're all on another app anyway.

[-] sempak@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 year ago

I don't use fakebook

[-] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I stopped using anything meta years ago. People who want to stay in touch with me and I them continued to stay in touch. If those people will not stay in touch with you, good riddance to them.

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Something like Island/Insular/Shelter might help. I just discovered these apps recently and am currently testing Shelter. It seems to work.

[-] S0L1DX@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Welp that's not happening, so long Myspace, I mean book of faces

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