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I'm more in favor of a move like this than I am having my required messenger app spammed with advertisements. At least this is completely optional.

• jarnix 9y ago
  The two options are compatible :)
• toomanybeersies 9y ago
  Speaking of how horrible messenger is, I was just recently in a developing country, which gave me an opportunity to download messenger light. It's amazing, it's so much less bloated and faster than normal messenger, and uses less data too. It doesn't have stories or the rich integration with giphy etc., but that doesn't bother me at all.
  • dabber 9y ago
    Didn't know there was a messenger light. Maybe because there wasn't when I was traveling a few years back? I'd be really interested to see it. I did install FB light on a phone I bought in a developing country and was so excited by it. The whole app was maybe a few MB at the most and it was nothing but my friends content and the basic functionality of the early Facebook wall/feed (minus graffiti.) Like stepping back in time kinda. Made me remember how simple a concept FB is/was under all the algorithms, data mining and JavaScript. That app, ironically enough, is a major reason I'm not on FB today. When I got home and installed the standard app (at 3xx MB) and immediately felt like I was tricked into installing bloated adware. It ate my data up (comparatively) and provided me with little to no extra features beyond a prettier UI. More ads, more analytics, more shitty newsfeed clutter. I uninstalled it and haven't been back to FB since :)
    • izacus 9y ago
      You can easily sideload it on Android and works well even on our countries. :)