▲ 888 ▼ Meta wants to charge EU users $14 a month if they don't agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 211 comments fedilink hide all child comments Meta wants to charge EU users $14 a month if they don't agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram::Meta is considering offering ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram for $14 a month – but only in Europe.
[–] jose1324@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago (1 child) Please do it. It will die so fast permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 43 points 2 years ago (2 children) Not really. The amount of people that are still on Facebook but care about data privacy should be negligible. The rest will just accept personalized ads. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 21 points 2 years ago (2 children) I doubt the EU would look kindly upon this. Allowing people to opt out of personalised ads is done for a good reason, and punishing people who opt out like this sounds like a very hostage-like "or else" kind of tactic. Should facebook go through with this, it will be interesting to see what happens. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lorkano@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) knowing EU they would be against and just add a rule that every app should have ability to opt out in EU in like 2 years :D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago Which is still better than the majority of other countries. In the US they even encourage tracking... permalink fedilink source parent [–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's not all that different from the "Accept cookies or pay"-walls that news outlets have implemented in the last couple of years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jose1324@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Those aren't legal in the EU. But hard to enforce for lots of sites permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago It's weird how people froth at the mouth and post "FACEBOOK DOES NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION TO SHARE PHOTOS OR MESSAGES" on their Facebook page every 3 weeks while clicking blindly on OK buttons agreeing to absolutely anything and everything that gets in the way of them seeing another banal "life hack". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 43 points 2 years ago (2 children) Not really. The amount of people that are still on Facebook but care about data privacy should be negligible. The rest will just accept personalized ads. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 21 points 2 years ago (2 children) I doubt the EU would look kindly upon this. Allowing people to opt out of personalised ads is done for a good reason, and punishing people who opt out like this sounds like a very hostage-like "or else" kind of tactic. Should facebook go through with this, it will be interesting to see what happens. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lorkano@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) knowing EU they would be against and just add a rule that every app should have ability to opt out in EU in like 2 years :D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago Which is still better than the majority of other countries. In the US they even encourage tracking... permalink fedilink source parent [–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's not all that different from the "Accept cookies or pay"-walls that news outlets have implemented in the last couple of years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jose1324@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Those aren't legal in the EU. But hard to enforce for lots of sites permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago It's weird how people froth at the mouth and post "FACEBOOK DOES NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION TO SHARE PHOTOS OR MESSAGES" on their Facebook page every 3 weeks while clicking blindly on OK buttons agreeing to absolutely anything and everything that gets in the way of them seeing another banal "life hack". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 21 points 2 years ago (2 children) I doubt the EU would look kindly upon this. Allowing people to opt out of personalised ads is done for a good reason, and punishing people who opt out like this sounds like a very hostage-like "or else" kind of tactic. Should facebook go through with this, it will be interesting to see what happens. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lorkano@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) knowing EU they would be against and just add a rule that every app should have ability to opt out in EU in like 2 years :D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago Which is still better than the majority of other countries. In the US they even encourage tracking... permalink fedilink source parent [–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's not all that different from the "Accept cookies or pay"-walls that news outlets have implemented in the last couple of years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jose1324@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Those aren't legal in the EU. But hard to enforce for lots of sites permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lorkano@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) knowing EU they would be against and just add a rule that every app should have ability to opt out in EU in like 2 years :D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago Which is still better than the majority of other countries. In the US they even encourage tracking... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago Which is still better than the majority of other countries. In the US they even encourage tracking... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's not all that different from the "Accept cookies or pay"-walls that news outlets have implemented in the last couple of years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jose1324@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Those aren't legal in the EU. But hard to enforce for lots of sites permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jose1324@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Those aren't legal in the EU. But hard to enforce for lots of sites permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago It's weird how people froth at the mouth and post "FACEBOOK DOES NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION TO SHARE PHOTOS OR MESSAGES" on their Facebook page every 3 weeks while clicking blindly on OK buttons agreeing to absolutely anything and everything that gets in the way of them seeing another banal "life hack". permalink fedilink source parent