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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    And they put a notification on your phone about it that you can’t remove… this infuriates me more than it should

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      You’re right, I did not even notice the persistent notification! What a unnecessarily annoying move. This deserved an early bird uninstall for me…

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        1 year ago

        Yeah I uninstalled as soon as I realised it was a persistent notification. Fuck that.

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      At least on my phone I could swipe the notification a bit to the left to reveal the cog, “disable notifications”, and disable the “standard” category of notifications.

      In other news, there’s no way in hell I’m installing the full app. People texting me there will just have to wait until I’m by a computer.

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        Yes, but that is the same notification category as your default one for messages, so disabling it will result in no message notifications at all.

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      Yeah I just turned off every notification from Messenger Lite after seeing that. Next month I might just uninstall it completely, or opt for the Matrix bridge.

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      Another reason my phone is rooted. I want to have the final say in whether I can remove a notification or not on my phone.

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      I’m also on the uninstall boat with y’all, for this reason. Lucky me, I haven’t used messenger in a year so when I saw the notification didn’t hesitate. Haven’t logged on FB in years so I doubt anyone will try to reach me there.