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
Facebook and Instagram users in Europe can pay for ad-free versions
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Charges of €12.99 a month smartphone users for and €9.99 for desktop introduced to comply with EU data privacy rules

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.

  • CAVOK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Same with Facebook, so if I don’t continue and just stop using it now, what about my data?

    I assume they can’t use it without my explicit consent, but I don’t know.

    • max@feddit.nlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Legally they can’t, in reality they probably do. Hell, already did since signing up.