John GruberJul 6, 2023

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.

Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithJul 6, 2023
@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!
Show threadToon Van de Putte 🍉Jul 8, 2023
@stroughtonsmith @gruber Sounds suspiciously like that 'pesky legislation' standing the way of submarine 'innovation'.
Show threadJohn GruberJul 9, 2023
@toon @stroughtonsmith I don’t think that Ana old holds water. Submarines: lives at stake. Threads: not. Also, at a technical level, Meta’s engineering and backend scale are best of breed.
Show threadSteven Op de beeck
@gruber @toon @stroughtonsmith Meta has destroyed and cost orders of magnitudes more lives than all submarines combined.
Jul 9, 2023 at 4:49pmIvory for iOS
Show threadToon Van de Putte 🍉Jul 9, 2023
@stevenodb @gruber @stroughtonsmith not directly, though, and even then, I don't think that 'people are getting killed' should be the determining factor to decide whether a law/regulation is beneficial.
Show threadSteven Op de beeckJul 10, 2023

@toon @gruber @stroughtonsmith Sorry for taking us further off topic.

What’s interesting to me is that John seems to have a bigger problem with the EU than Meta. A company that has shown repeatedly it cares more about profits than the privacy and wellbeing of its customers.

I sincerely wish Threads never arrives in the EU. Some may be excited by this new toy, you know who’s excited most? Zuck. That should give anyone pause.