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.
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.
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.
I like the idea of fully compatible services with a single client (ActivityPub and kbin). WeChat without the monopoly. The idea of a single app in a closed ecosystem is worrisome.
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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