• LoopedNetwork@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    “Meta declined to comment on whether subscribers’ data would be used for anything other than ads.”

    Not answering is an answer.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah the headline is dead wrong. Privacy ≠ ad free.

      That said, paying for a service is the one solution to getting rid of ads that I can see working in general. In general I don’t see this as a bad thing.

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        Absolutely, the $10/month is just to disable ads, like if you are running a free uBlock. Meta will still collect all your data from every cookies/sites and sell all your info to 3rd party for $$$.

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          They’ve already been found guilty of illegally tracking users in the EU and are facing insanely high fines - this is supposed to be their response to that - it’s supposed to be a viable business model that doesn’t involve tracking.

          If they’re still tracking people even after doing something about it - there will be zero leniency given.

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      There’s so little doubt that they’re still using and selling user data no matter what they claim.