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.
Yes I am keeping messenger for now. Not sure if they’re tracking data there too or listening through my mic but I need that.
A lot of organizing goes on through FB groups too but I can work around that through web based use of FB.
Nonetheless my use of Facebook will be drastically reduced!