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Meta offering two options. Either buy addfree experience or accept targeted ads (about.fb.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by cosmicrookie@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I had turned targeted ads off, on Facebook and Instagram. I still got ads but they were not targeted based on my data. I could live with that

Today I got a popup requiring me to pick an option of either accepting targeted ads or pay the equivalent of €13/$14 for an addfree experience across all meta platforms.

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[–] Kir@feddit.it 42 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I would happily pay (not for Facebook, but as a general consideration) if you would give me an ads free eperience AND stop gathering data from me.

[–] danileonis@lemmy.ml 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At this point what about donate to fediverse like Lemmy to get an ads free experence anyway but without beign forced by corps?

[–] Kir@feddit.it 13 points 8 months ago

That's what I am doing, actually

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The very fact that you're paying them means giving up your information.

[–] Kir@feddit.it 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well, yeah but it's not what we usually means when we talk about data economy, aren't we?

[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

It’s not like your credit card and payment info tells you who your mother and the 50 most relevant people to you are