“…the intention of the EU’s Digital Markets Act (well, one intention among many) is to force big social networks to collect data in ways that are more respectful of users’ privacy. The actual result is that Threads launched everywhere else in the world but the EU. “
I'd respectfully suggest that that's exactly the consequence that the EU was looking for. Meta does not collect data in ways that respect user privacy, therefore their product is not permitted to operate in the EU.
