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Threads' New Terms and Conditions Affects the Fediverse (wedistribute.org)
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This shouldn't come as a huge surprise. Meta is moving forward with their plans for Theads and the Fediverse, and their adjusted terms reflect a new impending reality for Fediverse users.

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[โ€“] elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Good point. I guess they could just fire up a shell instance and get all the good stuff. I wouldn't be too surprised, actually.

[โ€“] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

They don't even need an instance to get they can just scrape it, like anyone can with public info. They wouldn't even need to make an account for the scraper.