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Given that Threads requires an app, and the app requires obscene permissions (health, etc) ... its hard not to think that Meta can't escape their set ways and this app is doomed to fail. The app serves Meta more than it does the public.
No web app means I won't even look at it.
It's funny, you got 6 months to make the shittiest possible Twitter clone because at this point anything will go, but then you end up captured by Instagram product management that want you to irrevocably hook it up to their systems (why?) and weirdos that still think "app-first". Jesus, can nobody execute anymore? Also no EU apparently because making a product that doesn't record every interaction and pushes it down…
Given that Threads requires an app, and the app requires obscene permissions (health, etc) ... its hard not to think that Meta can't escape their set ways and this app is doomed to fail. The app serves Meta more than it does the public.
By your logic, is Instagram a failure too? Its just those same permissions.
But I get your point, I doubt people really care.
No web app means I won't even look at it.
you are so far in the niche in today's internet userbase it will not matter
Have meta defined any public interest oversight
What are they doing about hate speech, CSA and crime
Do they have a penalty box or exclusions policy for politicians and political hacks and what appellate process exists
Do they recognise the force of national laws in any specific jurisdictions beyond the USA
How does meta intend dealing with Iran and china
For the uninitiated (I guess I live under a rock), what is threads? When I open the link I just get a funny logo and the "from meta" label
A twitter clone with a different, less impulsive weirdo CEO at the helm.
For the uninitiated (I guess I live under a rock), what is threads? When I open the link I just get a funny logo and the "from meta" label