>but if the EU's vision of tech is more restrictive than the rest of the world\

you got to be kidding me, Apple is still doing business in China. The only reason a company ever opts out of the market is public perception or governmental pressure, companies don't care as long as they make a single cent. American tech companies operate in almost all countries in the world, do you know how internet regulation looks in most of them? Have you seen how the web is regulated in most of the world where American tech companies do business

Threads not yet launching in Europe says more about Facebook's expectation of Thread's profitability than anything else.