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Meta Wants You to Pay for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp Now
- workfromspace 5mo agoAs I've seen somewhere: Companies pay Google/Meta to show ads, and users pay them not to see ads.
- tencentshill 5mo agoIf it's ad and tracking free, and they guarantee its a human-only network, sure. No double-dipping if I'm no longer the product.
- fullshark 5mo agoBusinesses or maybe public figures that use these platforms for PR i kind of get it. Everything else they described just seemed depressing to me, taking advantage of the incredibly vain.
- mindcrime 5mo agoThe only way I'd pay for FB or Insta would be if one of the perks was "no ads". If that's not a feature, then it's a non-starter for me. Are there other things that would be "nice to have"? Sure. But I'm not paying for any of them AND still looking at their ads.
- valentinconan 5mo agoI agree with this opinion
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- SR2Z 5mo agoNo ads, and they need to stop doing the deranged thing they do on Android where clicking a link from their apps will only ever open it in their (presumably) spyware-ridden in-app browser.
- catlikesshrimp 5mo agoI don't use any app I can avoid. Install firefox (or something else) and fake desktop site, plus adblocker. Edit: Firefox and chrome support the fb pwa, too, if you insist.
- gnabgib 5mo agoOriginal source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48298083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48298083
- downbad_ 5mo agoAre there people here who don't use WhatsApp at all? Meta products are really pissing me off, but everyone I know is on WhatsApp.
- Jtsummers 5mo agoIt's uncommon in the US, iMessage and SMS/MMS/RCS are the primary text chat systems here that everyone uses from their phones.
- downbad_ 5mo agoI meant out the US
- RugZug 5mo agoTLDR: Yes Just because everyone you know uses it, doesn't mean they can't use something else with you, maybe even understand for themselves why they shouldn't use Meta. And it's very easy to do: you make a message for everyone you have as contact and tell them that whoever wants to continue to talk with you can continue doing so on signal, simplex, matrix, or whatever, explaining why you made this decision(meta bad, blah, blah) and tell them that in one month you'll delete your meta account(s). At the end of that month, you do it. Remove any trace and very important: DON'T GO BACK on your decision(1 week, 1 month, 1 year) after. Whoever wants to talk, will do so wherever you told them to find you. Those that don't, well... they won't. And you'll also find out who actually cares enough to talk with you. Talking from experience.
- mindcrime 5mo agoI don't use it at all. The only Meta app I do use is Instagram and I'm rarely on there to be honest. Don't use Tik-Tok either, FWIW.
- olyjohn 5mo agoDoes nobody have standard text messaging outside the US? Delete the app, and tell your friends to just send and SMS? What's so special about WhatsApp that everybody can't get off of it?
- DivingForGold 5mo agoCan't you still buy phone verified META accounts from hackers, ready to login ?