I personally would never pay Facebook for anything or pay for any sort of social media. It's just barely worth the time I spend ingesting it and nothing more to

I personally would never pay Facebook for anything or pay for any sort of social media. It's just barely worth the time I spend ingesting it and nothing more to me, certainly not any money. I'm also not super bothered by ads and fully aware that the data I give consumer internet companies will be used as they (or their future acquirers) see fit. I don't agree with the sentiment that if we could only switch business models from advertising to subscription then all of our data will remain private. Apple's business model is not based on ads and I trust them as little as I trust Google. I know that's not a popular opinion here but I think it's prudent. Once I push information from myself to a company, I have no confidence that that information will be used as advertised.