Federico Viticci 
Threads has been down for me like this since last night. I'm in Italy. I can't view my profile, notifications, or post. But I can read my timeline.
Maybe they figured out a way to block some parts of the app in Europe? š¤·āāļø
Frank McKinnon@viticci
I hope they havenāt
I hope they havenāt
Gerrit Kaper@viticci Iām having the same in The Netherlands. I first thought it might be an issue with the iOS 17 beta.
ā¦ĖmartiĖn ĖŹtaÉŖĢÆnā§ 
@viticci Same her in Germany. I hope it's a general problem. But not sure right now.
Stefan Grund 
Marcus KrĆ¼ger@viticci Itās read-only for me. Timeline refreshes, but I cannot post anything
@viticci @taylorlorenz and @caseynewton should ask Adam Mosseri on Thread if they changed something :-)
blacksmp@viticci same here from Sweden
OmarSuarez@viticci in Germany blocked
CTD@viticci isnāt there an AWS virtual iPhone service that you can use for testing? Maybe start a virtual phone in us-east but sounds like a lot of effort.
Jens Comiotto-Mayer@viticci Same here - thatād be a bummer. I really hope they donāt proactively take any measures to keep European users away who, by jumping through quite some hoops, opted in the hard way.
Kristian (inactive/moved)@jens Even while risking asking something completely stupid or missing the obvious point here: Why bother? I mean, didn't we learn the hard way (going down the T_____r route) to stay away from offerings by those big commercial entities just recently? It feels ... a bit like begging for the same trouble yet once more...š¶ I have yet to see Mastodon or the Fediverse geoblock users for whichever reason... .
@z428 @viticci I have few problems with big commercial entities, but a lot with antisemites and right-wing conspiracy theorists. Neither Zuckerberg nor Musk are altruists, but only one of them fits into the aforementioned category.
@jens Hmmm, not sure, the last time I've been there, I noticed Facebook also has quite its own share of serious problems with said crowd of people. And I've learnt to know quite a bunch over here who left Facebook for the Fediverse years ago for the same reasons. But maybe it's just very individual, not sure...
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@z428 @viticci Don't get me wrong: I understand those fleeing the major services, since every big network has to deal with all kinds of horrible people. In the end, the big players more or less mirror society, from wonderful human beings to absolute assholes. Looking for a public square, the difference between Zuckerberg and Musk is that the latter actively supports the worst.
@jens Yeah, I get that. š But my point was more, like: We _know_ there are, there always have been reasons to escape these services, and there have been reasons to stay (most likely network effect). For _new_ services like Bluesky or Threads, though, this doesn't seem to count especially while active on the Fediverse already...? So I wonder why not just call it the quits for these platforms, stay over here and this way also actively support something that could turn out to be a "better" or more "ethical" means of social networking? I mean, currently Threads is becoming a "public square" not by incident but only because people are rushing to get there as fast as somewhat possible, even trying to circumvent means of access control blamed to or caused by privacy regulations (which would probably be a good thing)? Isn't that all about making a platform big again that doesn't necessarily have to be big...?
@z428 @viticci Those are valid thoughts. I guess people are just looking for different things, and they are willing to make tradeoffs correspondingly. "Better" means something else to everyone, and there's no network that satisfies it all ā each one comes with an individual culture (and size) that might be inviting fore some and repulsive to others.
Pliempliem@viticci Same here
Rich Aesthetic@viticci what happens if you take your SIM card out of your phone and load threads with a VPN on? The western App Store tik tok App is blocked in China even with a vpn on not working. Unlike YouTube. But if I take my SIM card out and have a vpn on, it works just fine.
Ben Miller
Brad Sš@8r4d @viticci based on the current "issues" Meta has with the EU and "data transfers", I can imagine Meta cutting the last cords to separate eu user data centers from US ones. Plugging leaking data holes if you will.
So far it seems like if Meta assumes, based on your previous usage, that the majority of your account data is used/generated inside the EU, your account will be locked to EU data centers and you are out of luck regarding Threads. If it's mainly US based, you can still access it.
Dan
Yury Molodtsov@viticci The same for me in Portugal
maique 
@viticci Exact same situation, in Portugal. Had a nice week, and now this. Only change was installing yesterdayās release of iOS 17 public beta, and Threads update. VPN wonāt help. Fingers crossed itās coming back.
Guillermo Ferrero@viticci same here in Finland š
Sam Brentnall@viticci still working for in Spain today.
eiffair@viticci Same here in France
Aaron@viticci Seems to be working fine in the U.K.
Betadineh 
@viticci itās blocked in Europe by Meta
Miroslav Stankic@viticci Croatia is OK.
Adrian Schƶnig 
@viticci Still fine for me from Germany, though I'm on an Australian account.
Manuel Kehl@nighthawk @viticci Mhhh curious. I installed it via a US App Store account but itās not working anymore in Germany as of today. Adrian, Iām wondering: were located in Australia when you created the Threads profile or did you do that from a German IP address already? š¤
@nighthawk @viticci Well lucky you š„² Meanwhile weāre all still locked out here šŖ
@viticci Itās the same for me in Sweden
Cedr\c 
@viticci š same in France. VPN pointed in USA does not solve the issue
š¬š§Daron Brewood@viticci Not allowed in the EU due to privacy issues I believe.
Dr. Juande Santander-Vela@viticci it works for me now. But I have an UK-based Apple ID, even when Iām in Chile. Never used the VPN. Maybe I would have the same problem if I was in the EU, will test when I visit Spain later.
One more thing: even with your Italian based Apple ID, have you tried to change the region to UK or USA?
Tecnocracia Podcast@viticci it seems to work for me. I have iOS 16.5.1 and using USA Apple ID and store from Europe (Finland)
Devon Dundee@viticci š They need to figure out how to officially launch in Europe fast. It doesnāt seem right excluding such a large swath of people.
sirshannon
ćććæį“ŗį“¾@viticci down in Ireland as well, but not in Ukraine
Andrew Davies@viticci Bizarre. I downloaded it and used it in the uk without problem.
Dwayne@viticci Your entire European continent is trying to protect you from how fucked up Meta is and youāre still trying desperately to connect to their shit network as if there arenāt already 6 services out there you can use to talk to people you know. This is addiction.
Just say no.
JĆøta Seth@viticci I thought it was just me. First I stopped being able to see notifications, then my own messages and I was still able to write a post but when I deleted it to correct it I could no longer post anything again.
I had been using the app from Spain with no problem since its launch.
I had been using the app from Spain with no problem since its launch.
ubidefeo@viticci
I have tried with ExpressVPN and it also doesn't work.
Also make sure what you see in the feed are people you follow, because for me they all have the + badge which allows you to follow them š¢
I have tried with ExpressVPN and it also doesn't work.
Also make sure what you see in the feed are people you follow, because for me they all have the + badge which allows you to follow them š¢
Pulin Kothari, MD@viticci until they get a chronological timeline itās not really worth it anyway