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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)
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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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[–] 16 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

Matrix with a facebook messenger bridge? I know just the one finnish instance that offers bridging (pikaviestin.fi), though. I host my own home server.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This probably won't work for long since they're rolling out E2EE for Messenger.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It works with whatsapp.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh so it's just basically a different UI over WhatsApp?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No. Due to how whatsapp works, you have to have a phone with whatsapp installed, somewhere.

    The matrix bridge connects to that, and "puppets" your account, bringin those chats into your matrix account.

    Matrix can bridge to a ton of different chat services, but each one can work a little differently. They usually don't support voice and video.

    Matrix is what's behind the scenes for beeper, for example.

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