NoisyOne57@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMeta confirms it is blocking EU-based users from accessing Threads via VPNtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkMeta confirms it is blocking EU-based users from accessing Threads via VPNtechcrunch.comNoisyOne57@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-square47_Alpha_Tango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWhy would anyone voluntarily use it anyway?
minus-squareVirkkunen@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBecause everyone else is there, that’s how it works. People don’t give a rat’s ass about privacy, they just want to be where their friends are.
minus-squarelightsecond@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s been out for less than ten days and it already has more than 35x the number of total users as Mastodon. It might not be for us, but saying that no one would want to use it is just sour grapes.
minus-square47_Alpha_Tango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s the volume of person data it scoops up. I don’t understand why anyone would happily share that much information just to use a social media app.
minus-squareeverythingsucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoMost people just don’t care.
minus-squareKodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago35x maybe because every Instagram account also got a Threads account?
Why would anyone voluntarily use it anyway?
Because everyone else is there, that’s how it works. People don’t give a rat’s ass about privacy, they just want to be where their friends are.
It’s been out for less than ten days and it already has more than 35x the number of total users as Mastodon. It might not be for us, but saying that no one would want to use it is just sour grapes.
It’s the volume of person data it scoops up. I don’t understand why anyone would happily share that much information just to use a social media app.
I hAvE noTHinG tO hiDe
Most people just don’t care.
35x maybe because every Instagram account also got a Threads account?