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Meta’s Threads app launches across EU in blow to competitor X (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Meta’s Threads app launches across EU in blow to competitor X::The tech giant’s app, which launched in July 2023, first needed approval from the European Commission over privacy provisions

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's sad Mastodon is not pushed more as an alternative.

Instead people will go from one shitty social network to another.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

No big tech bro prepper libertarian mars loving billions behind Mastodon just word of mouth on existing social media.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The article is far too nice towards Threads, it's dead as fuck. It's not a "blow" to any rivals, it's not a player at all.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It's filled with far-right extremism [1] and Israel-Palestine misinformation.. [2]

It's a cesspool.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Guess that actually makes it a good Xitter rival.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I don't think I heard anything about it since the initial launch, except for people on here asking to defederate from it preemptively.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Threads launched in the European Union on Thursday, further expanding the Meta-owned platform’s user base and dealing another blow to competitor Twitter/X.

Before launching in the EU, Meta first needed to seek approval from the European Commission over the app’s privacy provisions.

Many speculated the delay was due to the EU Digital Markets Act, which addresses a variety of big tech antitrust and privacy concerns – including sharing content across platforms.

Meta did not specifically cite the act as the reason for the delay, but the Instagram executive Adam Mosseri said: “The complexities with complying with some of the laws coming into effect next year are significant.”

However, with Thursday’s launch, Meta is giving users the option to browse Threads without creating a profile on the app or on Instagram.

X has meanwhile continued its downward spiral, losing several of its top advertisers and shrinking its daily active users by 13% since Elon Musk took over as CEO in 2022.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don’t like either, but I guess I dislike x slightly more, so ok news.