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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 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[-] Steeve@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

And nothing of value was lost.

[-] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

Oh no! Anyways…

[-] RepentedAlex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago

I hope it doesn’t launch in Australia

[-] josheron@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Imagine being sad about this 🤣

[-] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you, EU 🫶

[-] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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

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

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

[-] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

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

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Loommix@lemmy.wtf 0 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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