I smell an antitrust lawsuit coming up. Whether we hate Twitter or not, they could have a valid case against Meta here as this shit is anti-competitive as fuck. If Elon is smart enough, and that's a big if, he could seize the opportunity to sue Meta over this and win. To just be able to recycle existing Instagram users gives Meta an unfair advantage over existing microblogging social media platforms.

[–] ignitionnight@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Using an advantage does not mean it's anti competitive.

[–] olibleu@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Not a lawyer, but if it's unfair I suppose it could be considered as such. I'm sure Musk has enough money to put a few good lawyers make that case.

[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is anti-competitive because it is like Windows forcing Internet Explorer as a default, which the EU for instance ruled anti-competitive in the past.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But they aren't forcing Threads as a default. They are associating Instagram accounts to Threads accounts, the same way Google associates GMail accounts to GDrive.

We all hate Facebook, but can we hate them for the things that they actually do, instead of inventing false reasons to hate them?

[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Good point, the GMail and GDrive analogy is indeed more accurate. Though I don't believe Google is a good example as it is actually the subject of many antitrust lawsuits.

[–] smokeythebear@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

There's no planet where a viable antitrust case exists. That is pure unbridled delusion.