You could say it comes with some threads attached.
LMAO, they are some clever bastards, no doubt about it.
Hmm I wonder why threads is not GDPR compliant…
Thing is, GDPR also applies in the UK and CCPA applies in California where Threads is active so legally they have to delete your profile regardless of what they say in their FAQ
I think they’re trying to make it like it’s not a separate app, but part of instagram.
Curious, if EU based instances allow interoperability with Threads. Would this be a way for Meta to gather data on EU based users without GDPR compliance, even if Threads itself is not available in the EU?
They can do this already since the content here is mostly public.
True, unless they may want to structure the data they’d prefer to collect maybe? If they become a primary force in this market could they impose their own “standards”? Where other instance admins would enforce locally, just to conform and grow/monetize?
You expect me to feel sorry for people having Instagram and Threads?
Great news! I deleted my instagram a while ago, so I’m already done.
Never had one in the first place… I really hope people wisen up and abandon both once they see it.
They won’t. At this point is this still unknown for the majority of people? Maybe I’m jaded but it seems like everyone knows they’re being farmed for data but they don’t care enough because fb/ig/everything these days is too convenient/addicting.
Most people tend to dismiss things tey don’t experience themselves. They don’t really see the impact of data harvesting could have. Its kind of same with climate change.
I’ve never used Facebook, & have their entire ad ecosystem blocked at my router. It’s wonderful.
Ooh how have you blocked them? Is there a specific set of addresses?
Running pihole here, might be something similar. I’m also curious!
Remindme! 24 hours
Same . Haven’t seen an ad since 2017
Idol
Isn’t your Threads account also your Instagram account? That makes sense to me.
And people are seriously considering federating with Threads if it implements ActivityPub. Things have been so crazy recently that I think If Satan existed and started a Lemmy instance, probably there would still be people arguing in good faith for federating with him.
I would totally follow Satan.
BTW Satan is a very cool guy, follow him on Twitter: @s8n
Right? You’re going to sit there and honestly tell me you wouldn’t follow the devil? Guys like Tom from MySpace, ya gotta follow him.
Satan is just like us! Cast down from the heavens to suffer in the heat.
That guy who runs all the orgies, has all the drugs, and listens to hair metal rock? I’d federate with that guy 1000 times over, I don’t know how he’s being compared to Meta.
idk what else you expected from meta
Pretty sure you use an Instagram account to login to Threads, so that makes sense.
Except for the fact that they’re two different things and there’s no valid reason for not letting people keep one but not the other.
To many people, their Instagram account has become a big (and toxic, but that’s besides the point) part of their sense of self. To delete their Instagram would be to delete a significant part of their identity. Having to do that to get rid of Threads is emotional blackmail of the worst kind.
By that logic you’d have to delete your Google account if you want to delete any account for which you have used Google to login.
…do you not? To delete the data I mean, not just to make it appear deleted to everyone without access to the Google/Meta user database.
If you want to delete something that is part of your Google account, then yes. Like your Gmail address. But not if you want to delete your account in an entirely different service, that only uses Google for the login. I guess the problem is, that Threads is perceived (and maybe also marketed) as an independent service while it’s apparently just part of your Instagram account.
Might depend on who you talk to. Everyone I spoke to about it was under the same understanding that it’s integrated deeply with your Instagram account.
I spun up my old burner Instagram account to check the platform out. They tell you that you can only change things like your name from Instagram, the app let’s you import all other profile info from Instagram, and when you login for the first time it shows you the thread profiles of everyone you follow on Instagram and gives you a button to add them all.
It’s not just an Auth method, it’s the same account with the ability to change a few things between apps. Plenty of reasons to hate Threads, but this ain’t it.
Ah, I see. Totally makes sense then, yeah. Haven’t had the chance to have a closer look at Threads since it’s not out yet in the EU.
Isn’t Threads a subset of Instagram? Do they not make it clear?
is it supposed to be a different apps? I thought it was supposed to be a subset of Instragram from the very beginning
I don’t understand why someone would expect otherwise either
I wouldn’t expect that deleting my YT and Gmail account would also get rid of my Google account.
It’s one account for two thingies.
Next genius idea, if you happen to have an account on multiple instances on the Fediverse the deletion of one will delete them all ☠️
Is that not how it works already? If you use the same account for multiple instances you don’t have to delete it multiple times.
Deleting posts after a certain date on Mastodon is definitely one of my favorite features. Of course if your monetization strategy involves user data, then they’ll never offer that option. Why would they want you to delete money from their pocket!
At least they’re utterly failing at the most important step of social media: the rug pull
Honestly are you shocked?
Not in the slightest.
Glad I don’t have an Instagram account.
