Threads has not launched in Europe because it breaks European laws. Yet 100M people jumped straight on it.

He’s Australian, we’re used to getting screwed on pricing for everything.

I know more than I ever need to about American drip coffee machines, and yet I don’t want one and wouldn’t know where to buy one here in Australia eveb if I did want one.

Really? It’s not uncommon for me to have a service through one company and have that company be sold to another. I can think of at least two banks that I was a customer of when this happened. Similarly I’m sure it’s happened with some utilities, and maybe a telco.