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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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[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 82 points 1 year ago

And nothing of value was lost.

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

Eh maybe I would have opened instagram xD

[-] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 59 points 1 year ago

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

[-] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 52 points 1 year ago

Oh no! Anyways…

[-] josheron@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

Imagine being sad about this 🤣

[-] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 year ago

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

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago
[-] filthypotato@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Steeve@lemmy.ca 21 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 7 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

[-] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 19 points 1 year ago

Thank you, EU 🫶

[-] Crakila@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

I remember whenever DPC fined Meta the first couple of times around for the WhatsApp stuff, they threatened to leave the EU if they couldn't get what they wanted (Harvest user data). Meta honestly thinks that they are above GDPR and Data Protection Acts. But they are not. And the fines that the DPC has imposed should show that.

It would be better for everyone if they left the EU.

[-] sab@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

This announcement comes the same day as a ruling by the European Court of Justice declaring that Meta is not in compliance with with GDPR, which I refuse to believe is a coincidence.

[-] Loommix@lemmy.wtf 12 points 1 year ago

The EU does some nice stuff, please ban the other apps and services from meta next.

[-] Myro@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Very glad we have such a strong governing body in the EU. Not everything they do is perfect, but they are actually taking a stand against mega corps and protecting our rights.

[-] Tiritibambix@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

I'm so glad. I hope it will stay this way. Fuck méta.

[-] vosyx@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Brexit dividend! /s

[-] Loommix@lemmy.wtf 8 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.

[-] voidhearts@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Do you have an alternative link? The page won’t load for me.

[-] Loommix@lemmy.wtf 3 points 1 year ago

Not sure how but the link was weird, this one should work.

https://lemmy.world/post/1002130

[-] godonline@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

We are really moving toward the Asian style super-apps…

[-] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 5 points 1 year ago

I hope it doesn’t launch in Australia

[-] RepentedAlex@lemmy.world 5 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.

[-] jalda@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

If Threads decides to be open for federation with non-Meta instances (which is a huge if, although everybody seems to assume it), maybe this decision might lead to European "normies" joining Mastodon instances just to interact with Threads users.

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

I'm sad for the people on the other side of the pond :(

[-] 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 2 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

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

As Trump would say: "This is very cool and very legal." Except it's not.

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