Meta, Facebook's parent company, is looking to launch their own fediverse platform. Some people are already advocating to block it en masse.
  • noodlejetski@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    because it gained popularity back when mobile plans didn’t include free SMS, back in the feature phone era.

    • abhibeckert@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      2 years ago

      This. The countries where Meta only has “a lot” of marketshare are the ones that were early to make SMS available for free to everyone.

      In countries where they were late to that, Meta controls the market.