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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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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I would happily pay (not for Facebook, but as a general consideration) if you would give me an ads free eperience AND stop gathering data from me.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At this point what about donate to fediverse like Lemmy to get an ads free experence anyway but without beign forced by corps?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

That's what I am doing, actually

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The very fact that you're paying them means giving up your information.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, yeah but it's not what we usually means when we talk about data economy, aren't we?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It’s not like your credit card and payment info tells you who your mother and the 50 most relevant people to you are