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[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 148 points 10 months ago (3 children)

If you believe Facebook will stop abusing your privacy if you pay them, I have a bridge to sell you...

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why is that a phrase? People do occasionally sell bridges.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No. All bridges are gifted by the Bridge God. Attempts to create and then market a bridge results in mysterious death, 103% of the time.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The bridge god told me 60%, I want a refund

[–] Pinklink@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

Is it a private bridge?

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago

Is it a nice bridge?

[–] IzzyData@lemmy.ml 107 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Privacy? What is this article talking about. Ads not displaying in no way implies privacy. They will harvest your data as much as it possibly can either way. All you are doing by paying to remove ads is directly funding the ad business model.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 40 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Exactly this!

The article confuses privacy and ads-free. As in, you pay $10 a month not to see what the data they collect on you would be used for if you didn't pay. But they still collect data on you and monetize it in many other ways.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And if you think this is the final price, I’d like to buy a bridge from you…

[–] And009@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago

This bridge is all over the place

[–] BarrierWithAshes@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

And its not like their similar concepts at all. This journalist needs to actually read Facebook's terms of service.

[–] anothermember@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

What annoys me most about that kind of logic is that the reverse could also be true - they could potentially run ads like on TV without directly profiling users or violating privacy. But by marrying the concept of ads and tracking, they can play the "but we need to pay for our services somehow" card.

[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago

Is it just me or is this article written under the false assumption that Facebook not serving you ads is somehow the same as Facebook not collecting your data? Because just yesterday I read an article about Costco being in trouble for allowing Facebook's tracking pixel to collect their customers' HIPPA-protected medical information through their pharmacy's web interface. I can't imagine that serving ads or not serving ads is going to stop Facebook from collecting and exploiting all the personal data it possibly can. Paying to opt out of seeing ads seems like it would, at best, just make Facebook's data mining less visible.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don’t even use Facebook. In this case, I’m not even receiving any services from them, so they should so stop spying on me. If their answer is “pay us $10/month anyway,” which it seems to be then Facebook is more of a protection racket than a legitimate business.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 19 points 10 months ago

There's no fucking way. They'll take your $10 and still sell all your shit.

[–] zShxck@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Uninstalling that garbage is free

[–] Gazumi@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Not a FB user, yet my firewall and DNS filters at home and on my devices stop a LOT of FBs continual monitoring and profiling. $10/month to stop ads suggests a price to be paid to me and everyone else for using our data, OR they need to let us have an easy way to opt out

[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And you'd better believe that they'll have twice-a-year price hikes, Netflix-style.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

They gotta pump up those numbers, those are rookie numbers

[–] PlatypusXray@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago

Well, getting an extra 10$ each month sounds nice but it’s really not remotely enough to make me use Facebook.

[–] kworpy@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They just need a non-sketchy way to ask you for a donation

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Here's a tip that costs less than $10/month - if you want privacy, just don't go on Facebook!

[–] qupada@kbin.social 0 points 10 months ago

T'ain't enough. Gotta block everything they do, everywhere on the internet.

As someone so eloquently put it: you might not have a facebook profile, but facebook has a you profile.

If you've ever seen a "share on facebook" button on another website, they've been watching you.