Meta launches killer app Threads, is Twitter really going to be replaced?

Zuckerberg and Musk have recently gone from an online fight to a platform war, and today Meta officially launched Threads, a new social media app it developed as an alternative to Twitter. Threads was originally scheduled for release on Thursday, but the company decided to launch it earlier due to the great interest its debut generated.
Described as a "text-based conversation app for Instagram," Threads is certainly a clone of Twitter - it has a very similar look to Twitter and allows users to post messages, as well as like, reply and retweet other users' messages. , reply and retweet messages from other users. And Threads from followers are displayed on the main timeline.

Is this a Twitter clone of Meta?
The app is billed as an Instagram service, but it functions more like Twitter than the video and photo-based Instagram parent company.
Threads is advertised as a place to "directly follow and connect with your favorite creators and others who like the same things.
In a screenshot of the service, it appears to have a Twitter-like interface that allows users to "like," "reply" or retweet other people's messages.

Are there privacy concerns?
Meta has been criticized in the past for its privacy policies, most recently by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which accused Facebook of misleading parents about its failure to protect the privacy of children using its Messenger Kids app.
Similarly, there are some concerns about the data collected by the Threads app, although its App Store entry indicates that the app will collect and associate with users information including usage data, location, contacts, identifiers, purchase information, health and fitness, browsing history, etc. It has the same privacy policy as Instagram. Twitter also collects and uses similar data.