Meta plans to launch paid, ad-free versions of Instagram and Facebook in the UK, each costing £2.99 per month on the web, and £3.99 on iOS and Android
Meta Platforms Inc. will soon offer paid versions of Facebook and Instagram in the UK that will remove advertising from both platforms.
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Discussion
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MLex
MLex
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Meta's Facebook, Instagram to offer ad-free subscription model in the UK
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@louisanslow
Louis Anslow
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Meta should have done this yeeeears ago to shut people up whining about personalized ads
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@chribjel
Christoffer Bjelke
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“pay or consent” is an interesting concept. “consent” in this case is using your data to show you personalized ads i wonder if they also could offer non-personalized ads for a cheaper fee (because those ads aren't worth as much). [image]
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
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Meta is bringing its “pay or consent” ad model to the UK. Instagram and Facebook users will have to pick between personalized ads or a £2.99 monthly subscriptions for no ads https://www.theverge.com/...
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@goodlawproject
@goodlawproject
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Meta's announcement that we either need to consent to rampant surveillance or pay is not right. Our fundamental rights should not be for sale. Meta's already been fined €200m for trying this in the EU - how can it be OK in the UK? https://www.theverge.com/...
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@aspeightof
Adam Speight
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“We made the experience awful, now pay to fix it. And, come back and give us more in a year or so when we decide not all ads are covered by your subscription”... Rinse and repeat. [embedded post]
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@jamesskeets.blacksky.app
@jamesskeets.blacksky.app
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I would delete my entire presence on social media if I had to pay a monthly subscription to use it. [embedded post]
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@oo-de-lally
Dave Nyczepir
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How do you make apps rife with influencers and AI-generated memes spreading disinformation “ad free?” 🧐 [embedded post]
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@melodyemcintyre
Melody E. McIntyre
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The ads actually don't bother me. It's the aggressive AI “suggestions” that do.
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@sillysyntax
@sillysyntax
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PAY? To be on a platform with all my homophobic old highschool classmates, extended family members who I'm trying to avoid a bunch of racist ppl who keep saying I'm not racists, anti vaxxers circulating mis info and ppl sharing AI photos and saying omg WOW. — Pay for THAT? …
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@stacyking
Stacy King
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The Guardian's subhead explains why this is a UK-only launch: it's because UK digital privacy laws are interfering with Meta offering personalized ads on these platforms. www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2... [embedded post]
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@andyger
@andyger
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LOL! Now you can PAY for fakenews, bullying, listening to fascists, hatespeech and more on #meta #facebook #instagram. What a “beautiful” now world this is ... #bigtechusa — How about: delete your accounts! [embedded post]
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@kayorchison
Kay Orchison
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I think this is great and they should do it everywhere — Put the price up in fact and bombard users with constant content-blocking popups telling them they have to pay, while 2-3 30 second fast-paced video ads play at top volume — I'm not being remotely sarcastic, it's social…