Elon Musk Voices His Opinion on Meta’s New “Threads” App
Introduction
After Mita’s new “Threads” app took over the world, threatening the throne of “Twitter”, American billionaire Elon Musk, the owner of Blue Bird, broke his silence by voicing his opinion about the new guest on the communication sites.
He responded via his Twitter account today, Saturday, to a tweet about whether the new Meta app threatens Twitter by saying: “The Threads app is just Instagram without photos, which makes no sense considering photos are the main reason people are using this application.”
Elon Musk’s Tweet
Accurate assessment. Themes just Instagram minus the photo, which doesn’t make sense considering the photos are thirsty main reason people use this application.
How many times did you read the comments on Insta photo and wished was more? Personally, never.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 8, 2023
Musk’s Opinion on Data Sharing
Musk also asked, “How many times have I read comments on Instagram photos? Would I wish there were more of them?”, adding, “Personally, I’ve never read them.”
Similarly, he said, commenting on a tweet about illegal data sharing, “Except for the Twitter platform, the major social media companies are happy to share it under scrutiny.”
With an exception of this platform is great social media companies are happy to participate in strict censorship
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 7, 2023
Musk’s Thoughts on Meta’s Control
“Imagine if all social networks were under the heel of Mark Zuckerberg – the owner of Meta -.”
Threats and Observations
And Bluebird publicly threatened Meta on Thursday night to sue her over her new app.
The number of Threads users has increased dramatically since its launch due to its reliance on the Instagram platform, with observers believing the app will pose a real threat to Twitter.
The new app is available in more than 100 countries, but not in the European Union, where regulatory issues will delay its launch. Meta is subject to the new Digital Markets Act, which imposes strict regulations on large internet companies in the European Union.
One of those rules restricts the transfer of personal data between different products, as would be the case between Instagram and Threads, and Zuckerberg was previously caught by European regulators doing this when he bought WhatsApp.
It is noteworthy that with the launch of “Meta” for the “Flows” application, the debate about the “Meta-imitation machine” has resumed, according to the Axios website.
The report states that “Threads” is Meta’s latest attempt to “clone other applications”.
