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So, I guess Threads is officially spyware... Not at all shocked, but, Jesus that's a lot of data they're wanting.
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Take me back in time to the 2000s when the most scandalous spyware was a purple gorilla virtual assistant telling awful jokes with a TTS voice.
I remember when it was something of a privacy scandal that RealPlayer would phone home to check for updates.
Still, end of the day, if people aren't willing to pay for services with money, directly, then they're going to pay with their data.
Off topic, but I keep hearing your comments in Max Headroom's voice. This one was especially suitable for that!
and likely that is the reason why it did not come to EU on start
What else did you expect from Meta?
I had not heard of that new shit. Randomnly went to theverge, and and saw they are forcefeeding this new Threads to everyone as the “top articles”. Almost 100K posts already, 35millions accounts activated. People just don’t learn.
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Meta wants to metastasize.
I cannot comprehend how are people using these apps. Why would you want want to be tracked and targeted by a corporation like Meta is beyond me, what are you gaining in return of your whole data
Pfffft. What's the drama? So you create a new insta account with no info and then pop it to Threads. They get nothing and you still get to see what's what.
Are you really so thick to think that your workaround solves the problem?
And all of it 100% unnecessary. Which is painful to think about the 30M people that signed up without caring about this.
It isn't unnecessary at all, if you're Meta.
Which is the fundamental issue with a system like that.
The priority is in the wrong damn place.