- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
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Meta’s new Threads app is closely linked to Instagram, so much so that you can’t delete your Threads profile without deleting your Instagram account.
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This is mentioned clearly in Meta’s supplemental privacy policy, which many new Threads users failed to read in full.
I highly doubt that was an accident…
Definitely not. It’s what’s known as a “dark pattern” in the industry.
Which is why it’s still not available in Europe.
Design can be made badly on purpose.
Bad designs aren’t always accidents.