DannyMacA software company called Threads says Meta tried to buy its domain and kicked it off Facebook
tsonfeirWell, since Meta/Facebook will probably be pulling out of the UK along with every other social media company, that’s hardly a “threat”
You mean, “That’s hardly a ‘thread?’”
I’ll see myself out
You mean, “hold this thread as I walk away” 🎶
SooperstitionDoes that mean we’re in for an influx of br*tish people?
r00tyWe're already here!
Wow, you speak English so well!
We're already here. We lurk in the shadows.
We can hear you, you’re not exactly quiet when drinking that tea.
rhythmisaprancerI think you mean Bri*ish
Probably not. They’ll farm the jobs off to Berlin, most likely.
With that said, I’d be shocked if the inevitable UK/US trade deal didn’t include some degree of visa. British workers are cheap as fuck, and our service industries already do a lot of cheap labour for US companies that don’t want to pay domestic workers.
It’s a shame how obvious they’re working their corporate bullying cards simply because of money. Imagine if I created a product called Google and tried to sue Google for it. That would be ridiculous, right? Well, that’s what Facebook is doing, just with money.
It’s not what Facebook is doing. The company has owned the trademark for over a decade, and Facebook is trying to strong arm them into giving it up.
This is also in the UK where they somewhat stand up to companies like Facebook. McDonald’s lost their trademark for the Big Mac for trying to do this exact same thing.
Maybe I didn’t convey what I’m saying well. Facebook is attempting to take a name because they have money. Laws don’t really apply to them, they seem to think, and it’s because of their bullying and their money.
Someone should start an alternate DNS root and then auction off facebook.com within their platform.
Eh, the UK isn’t in the best situation, in terms of big tech. If anything, most FAANG companies have got away without paying any tax here for over a decade because the alternative is they ship all of their jobs elsewhere, and the UK tech scene implodes.
I think a UK court would likely stand up for the British company, as they should, but I would expect Meta to be allowed to throw their weight around a little.
squibletFacebook isn’t suing Threads. The longtime trademark holder is suing Facebook.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸Take the L, Facebook!
ITT:...
...wait why did I just get kicked off facebook.
...wait why did I just get kicked off facebook.
I wouldn't be surprised if FB/Meta tried to just settle out of court and pay them off.
"That'll be one billion quid, please."
The article says Meta already tried to buy them out four times. So this company is waiting for a bigger payout or they don’t plan to sell. With a court decision on their side they will have much more leverage to force Meta’s hand.
southsamuraiThe company has said that they’ve spent a decade building their “brand” under that name. So, if they’re pushing for a big payout, they intend it to be gargantuan rather than the usual payoff. Changing their name would essentially be starting over in some ways. And the confusion they claim as their reason for action is a legit thing.
I’m not saying that isn’t their goal behind the scenes, but FB tried to buy the name and failed, so I have a feeling they aren’t looking for the usual quiet payoff that’s the goal of that type of action.
PrivateNoobFuck I wish my old elementary school friends and parents wouldn’t use Messenger. I’m eternslly stuck on that platform.
pewgar_seemsimandroidi saw one person do something like this: messages JOIN ME ON SIGNAL(or anything not owned by Facebook and amazon) IF YOU DON’T WANT TO WELL WILL LOSE CONTACT SO PLEASE JOIN ME
im not sure on how well this will work but maybe exclude you’re family but try to get them to atleast WhatsApp but even better a private messager also consider xmpp/jabber and matrix for jabber i recommend calyx institute jabber server
WhatsApp is facebook, it’s not an improvement in the slightest
try to get them to atleast WhatsApp
WhatsApp is also owned by Facebook, so switching to that from Messenger is a bit like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
At least whatsapp has some sort of encryption
Yeah but that doesn’t prevent them from snooping directly on the app. For example they can look at who you’re talking to the most, or extract topics of interest from your conversations (“talking about cats? let’s sell them cat food”)
GlitzyArmrestYou’re not stuck. Just leave, and make people talk to you over Signal. If they’re not trying to talk to me on Signal or Matrix, I will never see it. This not only got me off of services like Messenger, but also showed who gave enough of a shit about me to go through Signal’s simple setup.
And they can see that you don’t give enough shit about them to use Messenger.
Two way street.
Two way street indeed, I didn’t say all of them followed me or anything like that. I lost contact with many doing this, as expected.
Man… What happened to just texting your circle of friends?? I get by pretty well doing that. About half are on signal. The other half just text regular, which I’m cool with.
Didn’t they pull the same shit back when they changed the company name to Meta?
KᑌᔕᕼIᗩYeah.
I predict that years will go by and it’ll still be called Threads.
Just like Meta is a stolen name. Facebook doesn’t care.
Absolutely zero care. Too much money gushing in.
I’d just sue em for a bunch of money and then license the name to them for a bunch more, and the website for a bunch more…
enjoy being tied up in court until you run out of money and they win by default
Can I sue for my legal fees or negotaite a percentage of winnings with my lawyer?
Isn’t this just business news?
douglasg14bIt is this is not technology news
Threads isn’t even a good name lol