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Meta wants to charge EU users $14 a month if they don't agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram (www.businessinsider.com)

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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.

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[-] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 54 points 1 year ago

No, it's a punitive fee.

If you need to use facebook for whatever reason, but refuse to opt in to targeted ads, we will punish you with this fee.

[-] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

Yup, it's just a way to force people to give up this right.

I wish them the best of luck with this tactic. (not)

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