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Who’s afraid of the big bad Bloc?

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Meta is worried that the expected DMA ruling against Meta’s “pay or consent” model could impact its European revenue, which accounts for almost a quarter of its overall earnings, by forcing the company to allow European users to limit personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram for free.

      • BigShammy80@feddit.orgEnglish
        43·
        27 days ago

        But what is the alternative to Whatsapp? As Europeans, we would have to set a switchover date, for example 1 January 2026, when we all switch from Wahtsapp to Signal or whatever. That would set an example and you wouldn’t have the problem of 2 people using Whatsapp, 3 using Threema and the rest using something else… Whatsapp is only still so big because almost everyone has it…

        • MaggiWuerze@feddit.orgEnglish
          2·
          28 days ago

          You only need the critical mass. If enough people switch or at least use both the other service can succeed

        • elfpie@beehaw.orgEnglish
          2·
          27 days ago

          I’ve learned people adapt really fast when you take away something they really want to have. In Brazil, WhatsApp blackouts were met with a rapid adoption of telegram. Meta knows for sure they can’t pressure the government through the population here.

        • JokeDeity@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          27 days ago

          I have seen an alternative fediverse version of Instagram posted on Lemmy like a dozen times.

          Also, as an aside, it’s really weird that Americans don’t use WhatsApp and like all of Europe seems to. We probably have more telegram users here and even that’s probably less than 1% of society.

    • JokeDeity@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      27 days ago

      Sadly me because it’s the only thing the old ass fucks I know IRL are using as a majority. That and SMS, lol. I never scroll the feed on Facebook anymore though because, and I wish this was hyperbole, 3/5 posts are either blatant ads or ads disguised as promoting a page.

      • endeavor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2·
        27 days ago

        I am in the same boat and I closed down everything but the messenger as the piece of shit is connected to myriads of accounts I can not access if I close my fb.