Meta wants to charge EU users $14 a month if they don't agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram - eviltoast

Meta wants to charge EU users $14 a month if they don’t agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram::Meta is considering offering ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram for $14 a month – but only in Europe.

  • where_am_i@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    People on the internet are too used to having everything for free. But then they also want no ads and trackers. Do they expect everything to be built by some slaves or by volunteers?

    I just don’t get why this should be an unpopular opinion at all.

    p.s. I don’t use Facebook. Or any other social media really.

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      1 year ago

      Do they expect everything to be built by some slaves or by volunteers?

      I feel like those “I want FOSS for everything” people seriously thinks software devs are slaves who must fulfill their wishes at any time and if they happened to make money in some way or other, it’s like they are the devils themselves.

      it doesn’t matter if it’s a company or one guy who purely spends his free time with a project.