Threads is the most fun, most interesting new product of the year, and no one in the E.U. can use it, or will be able to use it anytime soon, because their own elected officials passed a law that effectively bans it.

Nice job. Have fun over here in the library.

@gruber ah yes, damn those EU lawmakers for… *checks notes* …creating laws around privacy. How dare they 🙄 Next you'll tell us they trying to protect human rights or something, the fools!

@stroughtonsmith @gruber Steve on point!

These are the moments when I don’t understand my American friends’ affinity for Wild West capitalism…

John, that same EU guarantees me that I have free healthcare in any EU country. If I break a leg in Germany or Spain, I’ll be treated the same and will not pay for it.

@michael @stroughtonsmith seems right in brand for someone who made a living out of corporate fanboyism