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by anarchogeek 1075 days ago
The new Threads app is clearly not an update of their dead photo focused messaging app. I doubt any code was reused at all.
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The original Threads was not photo focused. I almost never sent a photo and I was a heavy user. It's primarily for texting people on Instagram without seeing Instagram's algorithmic junk and ads.

and that's why it was shut down. It can make no money if it accomplishes its goal perfectly with no obvious way to insert ads.