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[–] [email protected] 159 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Let's not forget that thread's data collection is so atrocious that it didn't launch in small and exotic markets like... Say.... The whole of the EU.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I sure wish the United States would write some pro-consumer privacy legislation...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

But what about my Quarterly Profits!?!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Man, they should change the saying to “the road to hell is paved with quarterly profits”

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you know how this works? I understood if you have Instagram a threads account is already created for you, but is it the App Store location you downloaded from or IP or user set location?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i imagine it’s just very straightforward based on your app store region, because if you spoof that then you’re probably already breaking some ToS so you have no legal ground to stand on

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is the law based on your geographical location or your citizenship? If I'm an EU citizen and travel to California, can these companies store/sell that California data differently? Also say while in Cali I download Threads. Does that mean they can continue to store my data when I return home to the EU?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep. One reason might be that FB just took a biiiig blow on their entire business model from the highest court in the EU (which came in front of court after an action by in turn the biggest sub-market (Germany)'s anti-trust watchdog bureau got active against them):

NYT article

(Mirror)

Also a source for the actual claim from above:

https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/no-instagram-threads-app-in-the-eu-irish-dpc-says-metas-new-twitter-rival-wont-be-launched-here/a1927220337.html

Edit; also this: https://lemmy.world/post/1732201