Alessandro Paluzzi, a developer who routinely digs into app code to expose unreleased features, tweeted early this morning that Meta’s Twitter clone, Thread, had been released into the Google Play store. It appears as though that was a mistake, however, because the app is nowhere to be found now.
I understand your fear. I don’t share it, because I miss the community and friends I’ve lost I don’t think they will kill the Fediverse any more than federation will kill Meta. I think many of us will venture to Threads, but still will be be in both places.