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Does nobody check the permission requirements before installing the app that quite literally steals all their data. Like every data tracking option including “other” is selected by the app, it’s so invasive they cannot launch in Europe, but people are choosing to install it?
Yea the fact this cannot even be released in the EU is one of the biggest red flags I have ever seen yet loads of people seem to not care at all. 🤷♂️
Yep agreed. EU is doing good work with there privacy stuff (of course things can always be better). If they can expand on it and make things even more strict that's good to.
If only North America would follow. But ya if it's not installable in EU do you really want to install it? It's alo Meta who legit would ask for your blood eveyweek if they could.
No thanks.
Let me preface this by saying that I hate Facebook just as much as other people. But this is partially false, they just haven't been approved to release there YET getting that approval takes time. Time that Facebook didn't have if they wanted to release quickly.
No that’s fair. You’re right that it isn’t being actively blocked or anything, but Facebook themselves have not launched it because they know the privacy issues are pretty big and they could easily run afoul of the law there.
Obviously not to say they never will launch there, but I’d imagine there’s some significant changes that need to be made before that’s allowed.
Regardless, only time will tell, and I’m sure Facebook won’t lose the opportunity to expand. And like you said, time definitely played a part in this, I’m sure given more time we would have seen a launch all at once.
No approval is needed to launch a service in Europe. Them not launching simply means they know it is not regulation compliant.
Anyone can release an app in Europe no prior approval required. I’m using over 250 apps currently on my phone and have used thousands others in the past. All of these apps either operated inside the law or at least “pending a lawsuit”, as is customary in silicon valley. The chances of this lawsuit materializing and Facebook thinking it would lose this hypothetical lawsuit must be astronomical if they chose not to launch.
@RemeJuan Apparently not. I wouldn't install or use anything that smacks of Meta for this reason. Its why I left Reddit when Apollo shut down. Big nope for me.
@psychothumbs