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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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[–] banjoman05@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just signed up myself, about 40k in line it seems. Sounds like reinventing Trillian/Gaim/Pidgin/etc...

[–] steltek@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a modern take on the Pidgin concept. Pidgin ran locally on one computer and didn't sync anything between any of your other Pidgin installs. Also, your login details for every account were usually in plaintext on disk. In practice, it feels

Beeper (really Matrix + bridges) is a network service that you can access with a browser, mobile app, whatever.

[–] banjoman05@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, didn't mean it to sound like I was putting it down. Sounds like a cool concept.