this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2023
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Aside from the "moral" argument, can someone ELI5 what harm can a federated threads.net do on other users (like me) and/or instances?
the general strategie is called "embrace, extend, extinguish". This strat is the reason, why everyone uses MS Office today
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
that reminds me of Apple with iMessage
A failed messaging system that nobody in the world uses except for the Americans?
How sweet.
Well, yes, I think that's the one.
I think you upset the americans 😆
I'm not American and I still downvoted the asshole. Sorry. Assholes.
I'm not following... who is american and who is an asshole
That's absolutely in your right to do so.
Would you mind if I ask you what did I say that's considered an asshole move?