Ad free Facebook and Instagram is officially on. I’m trying to stay open minded but honestly it’s too expensive especially with this sneaky account center rule unless you’re in an unfortunate position where you need to spend a lot of time on these platforms.
More on official blog post: https://about.fb.com/news/2023/10/facebook-and-instagram-to-offer-subscription-for-no-ads-in-europe/
“Meta declined to comment on whether subscribers’ data would be used for anything other than ads.”
Not answering is an answer.
Yeah the headline is dead wrong. Privacy ≠ ad free.
That said, paying for a service is the one solution to getting rid of ads that I can see working in general. In general I don’t see this as a bad thing.
There’s so little doubt that they’re still using and selling user data no matter what they claim.
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This is basically just hard greed.
They profit so well on your stolen data, and they won’t no where near need the money from this subscription.
That said, I’m glad they are doing it. Hopefully it will drive people to some other less money hungry alternative.
Facebook only has succes as long as enough people are using it. Otherwise I would rather contact people anywhere else.
Hopefully large social networks have not metastasized enough to prevent their death with this. I hope that they also decide to bully through this bullshit onto WhatsApp, which is heavily used throughout the EU, thus ensuring their death is even quicker. They’ve tried to copy Google Premium, but Google gives you the option to disable personalized data collections and ad serving.
Everyone should be using the Facebook addon “Facebook Purity” if they are still using the platform. I’ve been using it for over a decade and I can’t stand using Facebook without it…
Not only does it work better than most adblocks, but you can completely move, remove, and restyle features.
It’s the only way of working with that platform is not harmful to one’s sanity.
The only people using Facebook these days either don’t know what addons/extentions are, or they are forced to use it through work/business.
Or Southeast Asians. Facebook here is like a mini internet
loooooooooooool
