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Consent to having your privacy violated has to be actual genuine consent. Charging a privacy fee up to €250 a year I don't think can be reasonably interpreted a

• ApolloFortyNine 2y ago
  Then what is a reasonable price? They could define it. Though it does sound like in the article the opinion from the board that any price is too much. I also have no idea how they came up with that number, since earlier in the article they mention 9.99 and 12.99 a month.
  • dspillett 2y ago
    > Then what is a reasonable price? They could define it. Not without creating a situation where only those with at least a certain amount of money can keep their rights. > I also have no idea how they came up with that number [€250] Same. If their user numbers and published finances are to be believed then they make (IIRC) ~$25 per average EU user per year (closer to $75 for a US user) so €250 is a massive uplift. Unless of course they are lying about their active user numbers, or at least being incredibly disingenuous about how they calculate those numbers, which many believe is the case, in which case the amount made per active user is higher. Even the €9.99/mo seems far too high if they aren't being deceitful about their active user numbers, which suggests deliberately trying to discourage take-up because being able to stalk for their advertisers is more convenient and likely more profitable (or that they are being deceitful about their active user numbers!).