Wait, so it's either targeted ads or pay? Damn... Silly me thinking if you don't pay you still could opt out of targeted ads.

But yeah, isn't this against GDPR?

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You can still use Instagram on your browser, without being shown the banner. Works for me with Firefox on Android.

If you do decide to opt for the subscription (I hope you don't) do it from your desktop browser since it costs 10€ instead of 12.99€. I haven't tried it myself, but that's what I read on a German website.

I still need to use the app to stay in touch with some friends and to get updates from smaller organizations that do not have a Web presence or newsletter.

I uninstalled Instagram when I was shown the banner. Not out of principle but I simply don't know which action would send the right signal. By continuing to use the app for free I would be sending the signal that I do not care about my privacy.

So do I pay for the subscription? I read somewhere elsewhere Meta makes more than that off me using targeted ads. So by subscribing do i still get to use the service and they make less money off me? There's no guarantee they honor the no tracking even if I pay.

So I've just uninstalled the app for now.

Have you tried the options?I proceeded to checkout where it told me the price would stay that u til maj, where it would double because I have two accounts (Facebook and 2 xInstagram)

As far as I understand, this subscription "option" comes from a couple EU member state data protection agencies saying that the "choice" between give up all your personal information or don't use the service isn't good enough.

It remains to be seen if give up all your personal information or pay and still give up all your personal information will be accepted by those and other regulators. I can't imagine it will be.

Also fun fact, it costs more on the mobile apps as Meta passes the Play Store/App Store fees onto the end user.

The greed of these people is astounding

It seems like a nice idea that they offer a paid option for an ad free internet

What is your issue exactly here? The fact that this could go against the GDPR? If that's the case, I don't see how a third party client would help. IG would still collect info about you and show you ads. Also, you would probably get the same popup asking if you want to subscribe. Nothing would change (except that with a third party client IG would not be able to collect as much info about you as with the official app)

Anyways, you still have the option to not pay and keep using IG as before. Nothing changes.

"Your info won't be used for ads". Does that also mean that they won't collect any info about you? Theoretically, they don't have any reason to collect data anymore because you pay them.

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Hermit app make PWAs a realistic alternative

AFAIK nothing changes. You can still turn off personalized ads in the privacy settings. I believe that nothing changed.

Wouldn't they just skirt the technicalities with just showing targeted sponsorships anyways?