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In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like "headphone status" and "screen density."

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[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago (6 children)

What does Threads do that Mastodon doesn't? Aren't they basically just a different app for the same thing? What am I getting wrong here?

[–] zinklog@lemmy.fmhy.ml 20 points 2 years ago (4 children)

the brand and million of dollars for ads. They'll push it as the main hub to browse mastodon content and then slowly try to make it a walled garden.

[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm trying to figure out if there's content there you can't access via Mastodon or what's the catch. They say it's not ActvityPub compatible yet however it's still somehow up so what's going on.

[–] ox0r@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

It's so they can say "Look, we LOVE competition, we even follow a protocol!" in court

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