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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 (www.businessinsider.com)
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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 โ€“ but only in Europe.

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[โ€“] tal@lemmy.today 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't see why.

Facebook was already going to make $14/mo or whatever from ads. The EU just required that people who'd rather pay than watch ads have the option to do so.

I mean, it's just a new option. It isn't gonna make stuff worse.

Now, one might not want to use Facebook in the first place -- I don't use Facebook -- but among those who do, some portion of people who would rather pay than look at ads have an alternative.