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Meta is only offering this because the EU is forcing their hands to ask for consent without degrading service for those that refuse. "Selling" user data isn't

Meta is only offering this because the EU is forcing their hands to ask for consent without degrading service for those that refuse. "Selling" user data isn't legal without a basis under GDPR and they don't have it. Also, Meta aren't stupid to give away their asset to others. Like Google, they don't actually sell user data, rather they provide an ads platform on which people can place bids. Which under GDPR is also unlawful, and Meta just found out about it. Granted, you may believe that they'll engage in unlawful behavior anyway, but I'd say that they are a huge target, breaking records in fines which are only growing.

troupo 3y ago
> Meta just found out about it. Well, they didn't just find about it, they knew about it from the very beginning and employed every trick in the book to weasel out of it. https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/02/meta_eu_gdpr_advertising/ https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/02/meta_eu_gdpr_advertis... It is only after they got slapped with multiple costly fines this year that they now pretend to change their tune.
- bad_user 3y ago
  Well, yes, I was using an euphemism :-)