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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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[–] Anonymousllama@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do they really think their service is worth 12-15 bucks a month?

[–] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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)

[–] kinther@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd maybe be willing to pay $12-15 per annum for no user tracking. But that price per month is a joke. They just want to deter people from paying by offering an inflated price, so they can turn around in a few months and argue there is no demand for it.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Facebook obviously makes more the 12 to 15 dollars per year per user on ads.