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Meta offering two options. Either buy addfree experience or accept targeted ads (about.fb.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by cosmicrookie@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I had turned targeted ads off, on Facebook and Instagram. I still got ads but they were not targeted based on my data. I could live with that

Today I got a popup requiring me to pick an option of either accepting targeted ads or pay the equivalent of €13/$14 for an addfree experience across all meta platforms.

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[–] Zak@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Quite a few people I know ranging in age from 20s to 40s do. There isn't really a replacement with its defining characteristics:

One-to-many blog-like posts
Mostly for interactions between people who actually know each other
Most people have an account and at least occasionally check it

It's that last point nothing else can match. If I post something to Facebook, most people I know have a chance of seeing it. Five people I actually know follow me on Mastodon.