Just the requirement of requiring Instagram to sign up for threads and use of their app with so many permissions should be enough of a red flag for those unaware of meta's history.
this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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The old Facebook app was the first one to convince my phone listens in on my conversations. I haven't touched anything Facebook since 2013.
From what I've seen, threads is Instagram. Of course they require it.
And some people want to federate with them. oof
I think it's the impulse to have the Frediverse grow, but it's a bit of a Trojan horse innit?
Growth being always a good thing is the ideology of the cancer cell. Also capitalism.
We don't need infinite userbase growth. The quality of our communities is much more important imo.
I agree, but I'm just spitballing why others could potentially see Meta joining the verse as a positive.
Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard, just ask. I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
People just submitted it. I don't know why. They "trust me". Dumb fucks.
-- Mark Zuckerberg (2004)
Not trying to tell any other instance who they should or shouldn't federate with, but just saying that they're way worse than your votes being visible in the API.
Is there a more recent list?
After some more looking I found this which goes up to 2023, but doesn't seem to be as detailed and only focuses on breaches as opposed to deliberate abuses. https://firewalltimes.com/facebook-data-breach-timeline/
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