$14 in Poland would be $3.22 VAT extra. 76 PLN according to current exchange rate. For comparison: My mobile plan: 35 PLN Disney+: 29 PLN Amazon Prime: 11 PLN HBO MAX: 30 PLN Netflix 4k: 60 PLN Apple TV+: 35 PLN Its even more than Netflix 4k, which here has reputation for costing too much.
Ad-free Facebook, Instagram access planned for $14 per month in Europe
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
They don't sell your data, the whole way they make money is by keeping hold of your data and selling targeted ads. Why would they sell away their competitive advantage?
Selling targeted ads is selling your data (not directly, but selling products that depend on your data). Are they going to continue to use your data to sell targeted ads to others?
Selling targeted ads = "pay us $$$ and we'll show your ads to people who match the criteria you select". This is very different from the former.
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#37The GDPR says that it is not allowed that the user who denies their personal data to be stored experiences negative consequences because of that.
So in theory, behavioral advertising is dead in Europe. Because nobody would voluntarily agree to be tracked.
For some reason, many companies go the "Our service is available in two flavours: With behavioral advertising and as a paid service" route. And it seems that has not been challenged in court yet.
I wonder how it could be legal, because not having free access is a negative consequence, isn't it?
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#38I've discovered and bought many products from them and Facebook gives me a clean way to block and report ads that I think are bad.
Honestly my biggest complaint is that I'll often see something in a Facebook ad, want to buy it 2 months later and there's no way for me to look up which ads I saw on Facebook 2 months ago.