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[–] simple@lemm.ee 87 points 1 year ago (2 children)

$5 says they are nowhere near ready to release but higher ups decided to anyways to take advantage of Twitter getting destroyed

[–] igetzerobread@lemm.ee 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

i hate zuck but i think i hate elon even more, i'll enjoy to see the war

[–] Saneless@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Zuck doesn't care that he's making the world worse. Elon actually wants to make the world worse. That's the difference really

[–] igetzerobread@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

both want as much money as possible and screw over their users for it

only difference is musk screws their users by making the app absolute ASS and zuck just steals your data

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

You can choose loud and dangerous, or quiet and more dangerous.

[–] Arn_Thor@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Perhaps. Maybe even probably. But possibly not—it’s rumored to have been in the works for quite some time.

[–] JonDorfman@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fuck Facebook, but I must admit that’s a snazzy logo.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just looks like a scribbled attempt at an @ to me, but to each their own

[–] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I mean… isn’t that sort of the point though? It’s supposed to look like an @ symbol that looks like it’s being thread/is a thread.

[–] ramplay@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm just confused why it's shaped like a 6 to be quite honest

[–] JonDorfman@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They used the other style of ‘a’ to make the @ symbol look more thread like.

[–] sloonark@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

Instagram is still cool with the kids, which is why this is an "Instagram app" and not a "Facebook app" or a "Meta app".

[–] dtb@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Holy hell, we have early access phone apps now?

[–] igetzerobread@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

Not even early acces, literally just a preorder so it gets downloaded ahtomatically...

[–] ulzzang@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago

Weve had for a while now.. Testflight on iOS for example.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Has been a thing for years now. Especially for games.

[–] EricHill78@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They can kiss my ass. Only Meta product I use is messenger and that’s only because my wife insists on using it.

[–] josephramoney@mastodon.online 7 points 1 year ago

@EricHill78

you're only allowing yourself and your wife, the woman you love most in the entire world, a little arsenic each day. got it. lol.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I deleted Facebook from my phone the day they separated it from messenger. That infuriated me. They later even made it impossible to use the mobile website to view messages. I’ve since deleted Facebook entirely.

[–] sloonark@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I really like how they are two separate apps. I don't want to have to open FB just to read a message.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Unless something has changed in the last 5 years or so, their Messenger app was by far the worst offender. If the app is even just installed on your phone, they are 100% harvesting all of the data on the device.

[–] DevCat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Oh goody. Another way I can ignore farcebook.

[–] malloc@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Instagram app. AKA Facebook owned. AKA Meta owned. AKA zuckerfuck owned.

No thanks

[–] Miqo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Logo looks like amogus..

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

No thank you.

[–] kitsuneofinari@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ah this must be part of their federated project P92...

If it is, I hope all instances, whether they are mastodon, Lemmy, Kbin, etc etc... Defederate from it.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Can I block an instance myself or do I have to join one that blocks Meta?

[–] jetsetdorito@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] OldFartPhil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The P stands for "Piss off, Zuck".

[–] exohuman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

I read elsewhere they are using a whitelist to only federate with the big mastodon instances.

[–] stinkypoopsalot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

As janky as the fediverse apps may still be, there is no way I’m popping into that beta.

[–] wheresyourshoe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's Zuck better than Musk?

[–] s4if@lemmy.my.id 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In terms of managing a social media sites, yes..

[–] igetzerobread@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

yhea atleast his work

[–] wheresyourshoe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Good point. I was thinking overall, but you're right, Zuck's the social media horse to bet on.

[–] timyoungjik@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of the most annoying things about Twitter is all the Elon dickriders who are always getting bumped to the top of threads because they’re the only ones paying for Twitter Blue

[–] wheresyourshoe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Lol, I didn't know this was a thing. (I'm not on Twitter, but I am on Facebook, though it wasn't an intentional decision, it's just where my friends were).

[–] trambe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I guess Facebook and Instagram didn’t completely lui themselves yet? That’s already better than Twitter lol

[–] SevenSevenSeven@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

There is literally zero privacy on that app. They track everything.

[–] JshKlsn@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I'll never install a meta app on my phone. I'll stick with Mastodon, thanks.

[–] airportline@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The only Twitter alternative I want to fail more than Twitter

Not available in the EU. I hope it stays like that.

[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

Is this like instagram that can also show posts from Mastodon or what's special about this? If you're looking for Twitter alternative why not just go to Mastodon directly?

[–] IverCoder@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Interestingly this app isn't on the Play Store yet.

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