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Meta will not launch its new Twitter rival, Threads, in Ireland or the EU for the foreseeable future. It is being released in the US and the UK on Thursday of this week as an alternative to Twitter.

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[-] Steeve@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

Did nobody here read the article? This is sensationalized as hell lol. They aren't blocking the app, it just hasn't gone through GDPR approval. They rushed the launch to beat Twitter to a usable product, but it will definitely be released in the EU after they figure all that out.

[-] wildeaboutoskar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Just to say that I didn't edit anything to sensationalise it, the headline is the title.

[-] Steeve@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah of course, definitely agree that the title should match the headline and the clickbaity-ness of it isn't your fault lol

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

And nothing of value was lost.

[-] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

Oh no! Anyways…

[-] RepentedAlex@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm really happy about EU having RGPD, Twitter is not the best (even more with Musk) but Meta is like, evil.

[-] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 2 points 2 years ago

I hope it doesn’t launch in Australia

[-] josheron@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Imagine being sad about this 🤣

[-] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you, EU 🫶

[-] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Good! Stay out of the EU with your data-stealing apps! 🇪🇺

[-] filthypotato@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

Would be nice if they'd stop their other services here too.

[-] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

Meta can duck right off. Nobody needs them in the EU

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago
[-] Loommix@lemmy.wtf 0 points 2 years ago

Btw here is a post of all the Data Collection labels the app has in the Apple App Store. Oh what a surprise , it has quite a few.

[-] buso@feddit.it 0 points 2 years ago

Wouldn’t normally be a problem and it is not a problem at all since it will be ActivityPub compatible.

[-] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don’t like that. They’re going to support it…pull all their consumers towards it, and then replace it with their own proprietary format, killing ActivityPub. Google did the exact same shit

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