• cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Personally i haven’t used Facebook or Instagram since they give me the option between payed subscription (actually an insate price, higher than 2-3 streaming services) or to accept targeted ads.

    I don’t mind ads, but they had removed the option for untargeted ads.

    I have also filed a complain to the local data authorities who promised to look in to it, and if not rellevant to themselves, would forward to the right authorities.

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      10 months ago

      I don’t mind ads,

      you should… especially on facebook.

      ads on facebook, which includes ‘sponsored’ bullshit in your feed, are dangerous. links to bogus malware-infested and scareware/support scams are quite common in those. i have a couple users a month, at least, get tripped-up by one of those.

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      10 months ago

      The insane cost is telling how much money they make off of our data. I’ve always been an advocate for consensual and paid data mining. As in, let me opt into being spied on in exchange for a monthly check based on whichever broker paid for my info. I know it’s all lumped into huge datasets where separating it out in a safe, secure manner would be next to impossible, but a man can dream.

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        10 months ago

        I personally don’t think that it reflects any value as such. I am pretty sure though, that they don’t want it to be a viable option for users to pick, thereby forcing us to accept tracking and targeted ads. Actually, looking deeper into the subscription purchase window, they offer to stop showing ads, but will still show content from commercial accounts as recommended content. So although you may not see an actual ad, if you pay, you will still be shows commercial content, if META feels that it is rellevant to your behaviour