Who is surprised?

  • stravanasu@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I agree that the wording is inaccurate, but some of the essence remains: the second “service” is forced on you. It’s somewhat as if anyone with a Fakebook account also automatically had a Whatsapp or Instagram account, or some permutation of this.

    • 312@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      It’s not forced on you. If you don’t download Threads and log in, you’re not on threads.

      This is akin to saying Google Calendar is “forced” on you if you have a Gmail account. They are separate services that use a common credential, you are under no obligation to use any or all of those services.

      • 0x815@feddit.deOP
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        1 year ago

        It’s not forced on you. If you don’t download Threads and log in, you’re not on threads.

        Although that’s technically true, it is clear what Meta is doing here (and even if most may know that the company sucks, I personally feel it is important report on things like that). Meta’s tactics should create a hype making people believe there are substantially more users than there actually are. The mass of people won’t recognize (or even care?) what’s going on I’m afraid.