Meta Considers Subscription Service in the UK Following Privacy Settlement. (htxt.co.za)
from Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world on 25 Mar 09:33
https://programming.dev/post/27501508

  • Following a major lawsuit loss, Meta is mulling the idea of charging a subscription to remove advertising for users in the UK.
  • A similar offer is available in the EU.
  • Advertising is Meta’s biggest money maker so this may simply be a case of talk as the company tries to appease regulators.

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venotic@kbin.melroy.org on 25 Mar 12:34 collapse

Now once this inevitably reaches the US, will this finally be the turning point to get more users off FB?

How much are people willing to pay, to not only avoid ads, but to continue sharing slop around?

formulaBonk@lemm.ee on 25 Mar 13:13 next collapse

It’s going to be one of those things where you pay to remove the obvious ads already marked as promoted content. Then it will be replaced by endless feed of accounts posting ai slop that markets specific items/ideas to people. Why get paid to put Tide ads on side banner when the user can pay you to receive fake content promoting right wing ideology (in exchange for access to power in the us). There is no world in which Facebook, a tool to generate fake consensus, is not filled with advertisements. Paid or not paid, you’re being advertised to on there

NarrativeBear@lemmy.world on 25 Mar 14:36 collapse

How much are people willing to pay to not only avoid ads, but to continue sharing slop around?

Fixed that for you.

Arkouda@lemmy.ca on 25 Mar 15:32 next collapse

How much are people willing to pay~~, to not only avoid ads, but ~~to continue sharing slop around?

Fixed that for you.

“How much are people willing to pay to not only avoid ads, but to continue sharing slop around?”

You did your best little guy.

venotic@kbin.melroy.org on 25 Mar 16:35 next collapse

And now you have helped them and they in turn won't learn so they'll forever expect you or someone else to come in and fix it for them.

Congrats, you've enabled and awarded laziness.

Arkouda@lemmy.ca on 26 Mar 15:51 collapse

This is a very weird way to respond to a joke, and even weirder way to respond to people in general.

venotic@kbin.melroy.org on 26 Mar 15:53 collapse

Good for you, pleb.

NarrativeBear@lemmy.world on 25 Mar 17:05 collapse

Thanks that comma after the second ~ got me in my original comment.

Me no write good

Arkouda@lemmy.ca on 26 Mar 15:50 collapse

No worries, I get it. I just had to catch you sleeping on that one since you were going for the same. haha

Have a good one!

venotic@kbin.melroy.org on 25 Mar 16:34 collapse

You're just gonna leave that for all to see, huh? Okay then. lol