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submitted 9 months ago by elvith@feddit.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

The Wall Street Journal reported that Meta plans to move to a "Pay for your Rights" model, where EU users will have to pay $ 168 a year (€ 160 a year) if they don't agree to give up their fundamental right to privacy on platforms such as Instagram and Facebook. History has shown that Meta's regulator, the Irish DPC, is likely to agree to any way that Meta can bypass the GDPR. However, the company may also be able to use six words from a recent Court of Justice (CJEU) ruling to support its approach.

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[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 37 points 9 months ago

Anyone with more than a single brain cell should move to federated/decentralized platforms with a "Don't pay but still have more rights than a Facebook user" approach

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 20 points 9 months ago

network effect – easy when it’s just you – but then you need to convince all your friends and family to switch over as well – and they’re not interested because it would mean convincing all their friends and family too … best you can hope for is a trust thermocline, a catastrophic event that’s more likely to leave millions of Facebook users floundering in anger than in curiosity at alternatives …

[-] bdkmshr@monyet.cc 3 points 9 months ago

Well it is easy for me as i dont have friend.....

[-] Emprx@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Why use a social network at all, then? /s

[-] bdkmshr@monyet.cc 1 points 9 months ago

I like the drama

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