Oddbean new post about | logout
 ⚠ Meta will apparently to move to a "Pay for your Rights" model in the European Union!

EU users would then have to pay $ 168 a year if they don't want to give up their fundamental right to privacy on Facebook and Instagram. This move is inacceptable.

https://noyb.eu/en/meta-facebook-instagram-move-pay-your-rights-approach 
 @ae7ccfbf True;
Who the hell would actually pay anyway? I wonder if this would just push users away, and would result in the death of FB in EU… 
 @ae7ccfbf It's a private company, as long as it complies with the law, they can do as they please.
Is the move morally despicable? Yes.
Should we at last learn how to avoid toxic products and tell them to fuck off once and for all? Also. 
 @ae7ccfbf @bbdad441 This sounds like an added ‘for pay’ option. Privacy for Meta is a bit of an anathema. My main concern is that I have little confidence that they can deliver such a feature. 
 @ae7ccfbf Are you sure? Because there’s no way that’s legal. 
 @ae7ccfbf paying for social network junk content. Certainly not 😂 Instead, I deleted my accounts. Goodbye meta 
 @ae7ccfbf reason 74,628,615 why I will never be found on Threads 
 @ae7ccfbf #StripTheCorporateShield

All these companies need to lose their corporate shield 
 @ae7ccfbf Congratulations, I signed up as member now :) 
 @ae7ccfbf Thanks for sharing. My question is: Can we get this option in the US? I would like to be able to use Facebook to connect with friends and family, but I don’t use it because of my concerns with their business model and it’s implications on my privacy (I’m the product they sell to advertisers). If they offered a subscription model for their platform for a reasonable price that guaranteed privacy protection, I’d be willing to pay for that service. 
 @ae7ccfbf Fundamental right to privacy must be default. 
 @ae7ccfbf  Good news. Perhaps that will convince a lot of people to avoid the Mate trash. Can't see many people paying it... 
 @ae7ccfbf 

😆 
 @ae7ccfbf great news. The only reason I use the service is because family in Europe uses it. Now they may get off of it and then so will I. 
 @ae7ccfbf by instagram cya not paying you a penny 
 @ae7ccfbf 
>right to privacy
>on facebook and instagram
CHOOSE ONE 
implying you have a right to privacy on an intelligence agency data mining front company that was created for the express purpose of violating your privacy

euros smdh