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0 pointsJumpCrisscross2y ago0 comments

> Not launching in the EU is a massive red flag on the data hoovering ambitions facebook have for threads

Not really. It just means they don’t want to wait for EU compliance to launch. It’s fairly standard to have an EU lag for feature releases, in the same way there is a lag for releasing certain content in Asia or financial products in the United States.

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ranguna2y ago

> fairly standard to have an EU lag

For obvious reasons, like the reasons the person you replied to mentioned: privacy violating features block apps like Threads from entering the EU market.

That's a good thing.

tick_tock_tick2y ago

No it's just that often waiting for legal to validate you're ok to run in the EU isn't worth waiting around for. Better to launch in the USA and deal with the EU as needed.

blitzar2y ago

They dont need a permit or paperwork, they just need to copy and paste the t's & c's from their two existing platforms.

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