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Meta wants to charge EU users $14 a month if they don't agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram (www.businessinsider.com)
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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.

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[–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 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".

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