Users of Meta’s newly launched Threads app—a Twitter-like platform for sharing your thoughts with the world—are unhappy as they learn that you can’t delete Zuckerberg’s newest app without deleting good old Instagram. After launching Threads on July 6th, ‘Zuck’ turned to the app himself to reveal that there have been 10 million sign ups in the first seven hours alone.
However, not all people were eager to stay on the app after giving it a go; and they seemingly felt stuck after learning what happens if they decide to get off it. Explaining the rules of the game, the Threads Supplemental Privacy Policy reads in part: “Your Threads profile is part of your Instagram account, and may be deleted at any time by deleting your Instagram account.” Such a policy caused quite a buzz online, with some people turning to Twitter to vent about it.
Not all of Meta’s Threads app users are equally excited about its policies
The Insider pointed out that Meta’s newest app requires its users to have an existing Instagram account before signing up, and there’s an option to import information from the latter. The apps are apparently so connected, you can not delete one without the other. However, as Help Centre suggests, you can temporarily deactivate your Threads account—meaning that your posts will not be visible to other users until you reactivate it—or delete individual posts.
Threads users didn’t seem happy about such a policy, even though some joked around saying that that’s what you get for not reading the terms and conditions. Considering that there are over 1.6 billion users on Instagram, it’s safe to assume that not all of them are willing to let go of their Instagram accounts because they didn’t enjoy Threads as much.
