Meta is considering offering ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram for $14 a month – but only in Europe.

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 – but only in Europe.

  • @essteeyouEnglish
    3•9 months ago

    You can serve generic ads, which pay less, requiring more ads, reducing the quality of the product.

    Like me, a man, getting tampon ads, for example. The tampon company doesn’t want to pay to target me, but if the ads are generic then they have no choice, so they pay less per ad placement, which means Meta earns less, so they need more ads.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•9 months ago

      None of that is an argument as to why they should track people. You even mention why its not a problem not having tracking, since they can just increase amount of ads to compensate for lower earnings per ad. The ad-supported free teir is probably going to be even worse dogshit than it already is, but the paid tier would be better than it is now because it wouldn’t have ads. And neither would have privacy invading tracking, it’s a win-win since they get to earn money on their product and we won’t be tracked.

      …Of course this under the assumption that their business is actually providing a service to their users and not just using it as a fly-trap for data-farming and profiling of their users. In case of the latter, yeah fuck 'em and let them earn no money if that’s the case. i hope legislation removes that business model from existence.