[spo81rty]

I wonder if this 65k limit is part of the reason they made messenger its own app?

[jug6ernaut]

I'm sure it was a consideration. Also from a team/project structure standpoint it probably a lot easier.

[dragonwriter]

They made Messenger its own app and made the separate app required for messaging on iOS first, and later on Android. So it really doesn't make sense if any significant part of the motivation was working around an Android platform issue.