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 - eviltoast

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.

  • Square Singer@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    True, that part never changed. I’m not using any Facebook social networks, so it doesn’t affect me. But adding more options doesn’t seem like a bad thing to me, even though the price seems pretty steep.

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      1 year ago

      Shit thing for me, I use it to reach guests and make announcements for the restaurant. Sucks but that’s where most people still get local information.

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        1 year ago

        But you/they can still use the free, ad-supported tier like before. I don’t see any change to people who don’t pay.

        It just added the option to get rid of ads and trackers in exchange for money.