bitterseeds, 7 months ago

@thelinuxcast "I paid for FB to be ad-free. There are no ads but I also don't get to see who I follow either. I get a bunch of suggestions on who to follow in place of the ads. I want to see who I follow, not strangers." ... this was a quote from a friend in the EU. So, it's $14 or whatever to have a bunch of strangers looking for their 15 minutes of fame, just like Reels are. It's horseshit and has nothing to do with privacy, they'll still hoover you.

Mangdries, 7 months ago

@thelinuxcast Instagram? That seems like a bad alternate to pixelfed :troll: :pixelfed: :c_language: :ferrisdance: :ferrisdance:

tokenizer, 7 months ago

@thelinuxcast In a distorted manner, your take seems like you are saying FB or IG should be used in the free with ads mode. Lool :D

abcxyz, 7 months ago

@thelinuxcast is paying for privacy that bad?

Of course this all assumes you will actually get some

thelinuxcast, 7 months ago

@abcxyz you won't. Just no ads.

abcxyz, 7 months ago

@thelinuxcast but it all seems weird to me

The ads business is slowing down. Every other thing the zucc is trying is failing. Be it the Metaverse, Threats or Reels

In this context, if I am zucc and getting even a few million people (< 0.1 % of userbase) paying ~$12 to me EVERY month, for NOT doing something... why would I go out of my way to break EU laws?

Apan, 7 months ago

@thelinuxcast if you use instagram or facebook you'll need to get your priorities checked.

abcxyz, 7 months ago

@Apan @thelinuxcast 2 billion people can't be called upon to check their priorities bruv