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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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[–] d3lta19@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just looked for this app and it looks like it hasn't been updated since 2018. Am I wrong?

[–] AgnosticMammal@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

Try Hermit on Android then. You're looking for a PWA wrapper app that lets you add them to your homescreen. Then again, your Android web browser should already have this with the "Add to homescreen" feature.

[–] Myoboku@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

On the play store page I got the message "not available on your device, this app has been designed for an older version of Android", not updated since June 2018 and I can't find it anywhere else, seems you're not