Facebook and Instagram to charge UK users £3.99 a month for ad-free version

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• TehPers@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t and won’t ever use these platforms, but to me this seems like a good thing? Option to not have ads is huge.

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  • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I agree with the option, in theory.

    But of course I trust a Meta company tracking opt out as much as I trust Facebook not to run a secret micro server to evade my ad blocker.

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• Smoke@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If Meta actually stopped collecting data on users who instead pay them in a straightforward money => experience transaction this would be a great improvement. Except, of course, you know they won’t.

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• Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I guarantee you they’ll still collect marketing data, they just won’t show the resulting targeted ads until you let your subscription lapse.

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