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Messenger lit!

I was never really a fan of facebook sites and apps. I hate the Facebook App for Android and loathe the Messenger App.
Messenger is Facebook's flagship messaging App. And Facebook has been continuously adding bloat to the App in order to persuade you to switch. It even bought Whatsapp!
But, that is all about to change, for the first time I am shockingly finding an App by Facebook to be good!
Messenger lite ticks all the box, which a messaging app should consist of. Messenger lite strips the Messenger App of all of its extensions and bots and scannable barcodes and games. It forgoes all those bloats for a feature which should have been on messenger since day one!
I am forced to use Messenger, well because everyone who is anyone uses it. So when the lite app was launched, I patiently waited for the App. And when it was finally made available in my country, I was one of the first adopters!
I have never looked back since then, I have stated that it focuses on one feature which is essential and that feature is a good messaging experience, it removes all the distractions and allows you to concentrate only on the person you are talking to.
This App is proof that companies are overthinking the messaging apps and are adding too much bloat! I mean lite only takes about one-tenth of the storage, which the main app consumes and still provides all the features you really need. I can still use emojis and share photos and videos and even make voice calls, as of recent updates to the app, and lets me send text in groups.
What it doesn't do is consume battery like and resources and does not takes up half of your phone's storage! In fact, it is soo good, that I might even ditch WhatsApp for it. WhatsApp is another Facebook app to which it continues to add bloat!
In short Messenger lite is not the slim version of Messenger for the data conscious, it should be the default Messenger App from Facebook!
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