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They should've launched globally. Not including Europe was a big mistake in my opinion.
by davidkuennen 3y ago
They should've launched globally. Not including Europe was a big mistake in my opinion.
- the_70x 3y agoOr just the opposite. We don't need another social media platform
- BoorishBears 3y agoWasn't at all, they couldn't even get a desktop client in place, why would they want to play with GDPR? This is ChatGPT again, over all Europe will be increasingly isolated from the rest of the internet because their politicians were tricked into thinking they had more influence over the forefront technology than they actually do: You can't be a steward of good policy from the back of the train, you'll just get kicked off the train.
- _xivi 3y agoI wouldn't call 'Threads' the forefront of technology. And I'm sure people in Europe have no regrets over their decision to better control their data. Not over a product from Meta anyway.
- BoorishBears 3y agoYeah just like AI doesn't matter. A tool I made got a lot of traction in a very specific niche of knowledge workers: 10,000 people a week doing what was a 10 hour task in 90 seconds. It felt great blocking the EU instead of adding a cookie banner. Weirdly enough California adopted privacy legislation in a less braindead way so they get to own their data and use my product.