Aral BalkanFolks, the reason #Facebook/ #Instagram/ #Meta/ Zuckerberg hasn’t launched #Threads in the #EU isn’t because the EU is determined to protect your privacy, it’s because the EU is determined to protect The Single Market (peace be upon it) from anticompetitive behaviour. It’s because they’re using Instagram to launch Threads and sharing data between them (and not with EU startups that might want to use that data too). It’s #antitrust, not #privacy. It’s markets, not people.
By the way, it’s possible that #Facebook/ #Instagram/ #Meta/ Zuckerberg’s fediverse play for Threads is related to sidestepping the anti-competitiveness/antitrust issues around the EU’s Digital Services Act.
“Hey, look, we’re not a monopoly. We’re not being anticompetitive… we’re federating using an open protocol. Here, let our friend Eugen, CEO of Mastodon, explain to you how it works in very dispassionate words…”
#eu #ec #fediverse #mastodon #antitrust #DigitalServicesAct #PR #usefulIdiots
Mikael Gramont@aral That's quite possible! It's also possible that Threads will fail (for whatever reason) but still bring more people into the federated ecosystem. It's going to be a fascinating thing to follow.
SkyNebula@skynebula @aral
I'm aware, and yet millions of people joined Threads yesterday. It's entirely possible that a portion of those will leverage the bridge to the rest of the fediverse, whether they're aware of it or not. Think of "Join with Threads" buttons and stuff.
I'm aware, and yet millions of people joined Threads yesterday. It's entirely possible that a portion of those will leverage the bridge to the rest of the fediverse, whether they're aware of it or not. Think of "Join with Threads" buttons and stuff.