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?

  • MentalEdge
    16·
    1 year ago

    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.

      • MentalEdge
        2·
        1 year ago

        Wow. Rough.

        It’ll be a good excuse to make anyone who wants to talk to you, use something else.

    • Steeve@lemmy.ca
      2·
      1 year ago

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

          • MentalEdge
            2·
            1 year ago

            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.