• @CriticalMiss@lemmy.world
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    1301 year ago

    Just because you’re paying $10 a month does not mean that Meta will stop farming your data. Sure, they won’t shove you any ads, but they will stockpile data for the day you decide that $10 (it’s not really $10… they will increase this price 2-3 years down the line once they feel they had gathered enough users, the Silicon Valley way) and then pump you with ads that cater you.

      • BraveSirZaphod
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        111 year ago

        They don’t directly sell data, nor does Google. They analyze and use that data to sell targeted ad space.

        There are data brokers that gather a ton of data and openly sell it, but Facebook isn’t one of them. Their customer data and the resulting ability to sell extremely specific ad space is probably their single most valuable; why would the sell it itself when they can sell the access it grants instead?

    • 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍
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      121 year ago

      They do point out they won’t use your personal info in ads if you pay, by choosing the free option you consent for personalized ads

        • @null@slrpnk.net
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          91 year ago

          It pretty much makes it clear that they are absolutely going to continue collecting your data – they just won’t use it for ads. They wouldn’t have needed to specify that otherwise.

          • @killeronthecorner@lemmy.world
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            31 year ago

            They won’t use it to personalise their ads, they’ll just sell it to their approved data vendors who all happen to be in the business of personalized ads.

            This is paying to not think about a problem, not to solve the problem.

  • @Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    471 year ago

    That $10 won’t give you any real privacy. They will still collect every bit they can about you.

    The $10 will just not give you targeted ads. Most likely, they will still select things for you based on your profile and also sell information from that profile to the real customers.

    • TheMurphy
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      121 year ago

      Bingo. They don’t give you targeted ads through their own platform, but the info is for sale for everyone else to do so.

  • @notannpc@lemmy.world
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    221 year ago

    Buts it’s probably not gonna give you any privacy, they’re still harvesting and selling your data, you just don’t see the ads on meta platforms.

    • gian
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      31 year ago

      Regulators that seems to have already unformally shoot down the proposal given that it seems to be against the GDPR.

  • @Substance_P@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So much for the

    “It’s free and always will be”

    I can never understand how selling one’s information isn’t considered a form of payment.

  • @Destraight@lemm.ee
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    121 year ago

    Oh in Europe only. Not in the US. The news article should have specified that in the title

    • @DarkwinDuck@feddit.de
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      81 year ago

      Nah, American news also fail to specify “only in the US” every time. So it’s kind of refreshing to see the tables flipped for once.

  • Jajcus
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    91 year ago

    This paymemt does not even stop their crappy ‘recommended for you’ suggested content on user’s wall, which is even more annoying than the ads.