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.
WhatsApp, Instagram and other shit though.
Was aber ist die Alternative zu Whatsapp? Wir müssten als Europäer ein Umschaltdatum festlegen, als Beispiel den 01.01.2026, wo wir geeint von Wahtsapp zu Signal oder was auch immer wechseln. Damit würde man ein Zeichen setzen und du hättest auch nicht das Problem, dass 2 Leute Whatsapp nutzen, 3 Threema und der Rest wieder was anderes… Whatsapp ist doch nur immer noch so groß, weil es einfach fast jeder hat…
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.
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.
Yeah, i wish we would do that…
SMS. Nein, ernsthaft, mehrere Messenger sind wirklich kein Problem, ist nur eine Gewohnheitssache.
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You only need the critical mass. If enough people switch or at least use both the other service can succeed