Mastodon.social rolling out the red carpet for Threads is like an independent shop inviting a supermarket to set up next door.
But what’s done is done. And I’ve wasted enough words on this whole sorry affair over the last year.
So this is the last you’ll hear about it from me. When, eventually, you’re writing your “what went wrong?” articles, feel free to look up what I’d written on the issue back when.
@FediPact
To Facebook: You will not EEE us
Sure, there are people like Gargron and Stux who will embrace you with open arms. There are also people like us who've understood just what you motherfuckers have done.
We've seen you destroy XMPP along with Google, which really had potential to become a major chat protocol
We've seen you blatantly disregard how your shitbot promoted genocide to our fellows in Myanmar.
We've seen you work with Cambridge Analytica, who used our data to manipulate public opinion. We're never going to excuse all of that. We're never gonna welcome you.
"... the website loads in a special browser built into the app, rather than your phone’s default browser. In 2022, privacy researcher Felix Krause found that Meta injects special “keylogging” JavaScript onto the website you’re visiting that allows the company to monitor everything you type and tap on, including passwords. Other apps including TikTok do the same thing."