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Facebook and Instagram users in the European Union will be charged up to €12.99 a month for ad-free versions of the social networks as a way to comply with the bloc’s data privacy rules (www.theguardian.com)
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Awful to see our personal privacy and social lives being ransomed like this. €10 seems like a price gouge for a social media site, and I'm even seeing a price tag of 150SEK (~€15) In Sweden.

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[–] morras@jlai.lu 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Price is a thing, but having the option to chose is definitely good.

Now comes the real question: do you really trust the Zuck to implement a "do not share/sell anything" policy ? 'Cause yeah, if I'm paying, I'm expecting that none of my data is being sold/processed/transmitted to another company. Paying to just remove ads is .. pointless.

[–] Dmian@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The thing is, there’s no “we’ll show you generic ads with no tracking” option. It’s accept being tracked or pay (two shitty options).

It seems that companies can’t do ads nowadays unless it’s targeted ads, and that makes you think it’s not ads what gives money, but selling your data. To whom? For what ends? You’ll never know. And that’s the problem.

So, the options given are unacceptable. The only reasonable option is to download your data and close the account.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

They won't stop tracking you. They'll just not show you ads. They can still track amdnusr the data though to customise your feed according to your data.

I've uninstalled the apps.

Also the price is pr account. It's not a reasonable price but they don't want you to pick that option anyway