Meta’s Threads app launches across EU in blow to competitor X (www.theguardian.com)
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 18 Dec 2023 08:00
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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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autotldr@lemmings.world on 18 Dec 2023 08:00 next collapse

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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sugarfree@lemmy.world on 18 Dec 2023 08:43 next collapse

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.

jonne@infosec.pub on 18 Dec 2023 10:03 next collapse

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.

GONADS125@lemmy.world on 18 Dec 2023 11:34 collapse

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

It’s a cesspool.

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de on 18 Dec 2023 16:31 collapse

Guess that actually makes it a good Xitter rival.

Tetsuo@jlai.lu on 18 Dec 2023 10:07 next collapse

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

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

SinningStromgald@lemmy.world on 18 Dec 2023 11:39 collapse

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

OutrageousUmpire@lemmy.world on 18 Dec 2023 17:52 collapse

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