Absolutely appalling. It’s a clear anti-consumer trick to lock you into Meta’s ecosystem. There’s no benefit to the end user at all. It’s just boosting Meta’s numbers so they can sell ad space for more money.
If an existing Instagram user signs up for Threads to try it out, and they decide they don’t like it, they’re stuck with the account forever anyway.
If a new user wants to try Threads, they have to sign up for Instagram too. That way, if Threads doesn’t take off, all those new users at least have Instagram accounts they might use instead.
With Facebook and Instagram, Meta has clearly shown that they’re entirely capable of making separate accounts and linking them together. They could have copied that same model with Threads. It took them more design work to make a worse user experience.
Or they’ll delete your entire art account you’ve been using for over a decade because one user reported you aren’t you.
Insta killed my account for “violating guidelines” and impersonating myself apparently. At least I don’t have to deal with Threads now, but R.I.P. my creative drive since then.
From the very beginning they were going to make it easy to join. The sinister part is always when you try to leave. If you don’t play by their rules they will take back everything and leave you high and dry. The ActivityPub support was never going to be a two way street. It’s likely a means to siphon fediverse content and drag users back into Meta’s data harvesting.
As I commented in another thread.
From the article: Meta’s supplemental privacy policy states, “You may deactivate your Threads profile at any time, but your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account.”
I interpret it as that you can’t delete your Threads profile, unless you delete your Instagram account. So it’s not as if you try to delete your Threads account and oopsie your Insta is gone as well… same, but still different.
Good neeeeeeeeeews everyone! It’s a 2-for-1.
Meh, if Meta wants to make it easier for you to quit Meta, then so be it.
I unfortunately deleted my instagram account a while back and will not be able to benefit from this deal.
If have undestood correctly this is only when you’ve logged into Thread using your instagram account and even then you can delete your Threads account but if you want to delete the profile they have created of you then you need to delete instagram aswell.
I don’t think this applies if you made a new account for Threads that isn’t linked to your IG.
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They’re pretty much using Instagram user base to push their own Twitter replacement.
Zuckerberg is a cancer in big tech, he doesn’t create anything, he only destroys and steal your data.
Absolutely appalling. It’s a clear anti-consumer trick to lock you into Meta’s ecosystem. There’s no benefit to the end user at all. It’s just boosting Meta’s numbers so they can sell ad space for more money.
If an existing Instagram user signs up for Threads to try it out, and they decide they don’t like it, they’re stuck with the account forever anyway.
If a new user wants to try Threads, they have to sign up for Instagram too. That way, if Threads doesn’t take off, all those new users at least have Instagram accounts they might use instead.
With Facebook and Instagram, Meta has clearly shown that they’re entirely capable of making separate accounts and linking them together. They could have copied that same model with Threads. It took them more design work to make a worse user experience.
Don’t threaten me with a good time
Or they’ll delete your entire art account you’ve been using for over a decade because one user reported you aren’t you. Insta killed my account for “violating guidelines” and impersonating myself apparently. At least I don’t have to deal with Threads now, but R.I.P. my creative drive since then.
Brilliant. I usually sign up for everything to claim my username just in case, but I’ll skip this one.
What does your username mean?
Not quite what I envisioned by I fucking called it: https://lemmy.world/comment/849710
From the very beginning they were going to make it easy to join. The sinister part is always when you try to leave. If you don’t play by their rules they will take back everything and leave you high and dry. The ActivityPub support was never going to be a two way street. It’s likely a means to siphon fediverse content and drag users back into Meta’s data harvesting.
This was the push I needed to delete my account entirely.
That sounds great!
As I commented in another thread. From the article: Meta’s supplemental privacy policy states, “You may deactivate your Threads profile at any time, but your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account.”
I interpret it as that you can’t delete your Threads profile, unless you delete your Instagram account. So it’s not as if you try to delete your Threads account and oopsie your Insta is gone as well… same, but still different.
Good neeeeeeeeeews everyone! It’s a 2-for-1. Meh, if Meta wants to make it easier for you to quit Meta, then so be it. I unfortunately deleted my instagram account a while back and will not be able to benefit from this deal.
This is the dictionary definition example of a win win
If have undestood correctly this is only when you’ve logged into Thread using your instagram account and even then you can delete your Threads account but if you want to delete the profile they have created of you then you need to delete instagram aswell.
I don’t think this applies if you made a new account for Threads that isn’t linked to your IG.
Correct
You have it backwards. You can’t get rid of threads without deleting Insta too.