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[–] jakwithoutac 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Okay, clearly you’re just here to to be contrary or whatever. Maybe you don’t like that people have different opinions than you. Maybe you’re a Zuck fanboy and can’t hack being on the wrong side of the fence. Maybe you’re part of some FaceBook/Meta conspiracy to brigade.

If you’re so smart and confident that you’re correct, why don’t you show me the bit where GDPR doesn’t apply? Burden of proof on the accuser and all that.

Here is a link to a search, where the first page of results is showing that when Facebook bought WhatsApp this exact same issue popped up - what was once two distinct services suddenly started sharing data, despite user dissent. We’ve seen this before, and people are pissed off just like before.

I hope you step on some Lego in a dark room. You could use that to post to your Threads account! 🤙

[–] pvr@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

You are being very aggressive for an opinion based argument.

[–] nan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago

I’m sorry this has gotten you emotional.

You made a claim, not I. “Prove a negative!” is a silly rebuttal.

Two distinct services were integrated? This sounds like a different situation then. Had Facebook originally created WhatsApp instead of a purchase, it is extremely likely it would function more like Threads/Messenger.

I use mastodon, I’m just not religious and try to avoid hysteria.