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Norway's privacy battle with Meta is just getting started – regulator says it's investigating the company's new ad-free subscription services

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Tags: privacy, social media, facebook, norway, meta, instagram, advertising.digital, data.user, regulation, subscription, watchdogs, datatilsynet, fines, author.morgan meaker, source.wired, paywall
https://www.wired.com/story/norways-privacy-battle-with-meta-is-just-getting-started/

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Title
Norway's Privacy Battle With Meta Is Just Getting Started
Authors
Morgan Meaker, Angela Watercutter, Steven Levy, Andy Greenberg, Vittoria Elliott, Amanda Hoover, Niamh Rowe, Deidre Olsen, Gregory Barber, Will Knight, Aarian Marshall
Published
Nov 15 2023
Word count
386 words

6 comments

  1. [5]
    elcuello
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    Interesting. I've seriously considered paying the subscription just to see how it works and how it will affect my use and experience but the wording seems so deliberately deceiving when reading...

    Interesting. I've seriously considered paying the subscription just to see how it works and how it will affect my use and experience but the wording seems so deliberately deceiving when reading about it. I've deleted almost all my data from the two sites in a grueling process manually a couple of years ago so I'm not that worried about my personal data in this (I know I know they probably have it anyway... )but I'm curious to see if it goes back to when you had control over your feed and if that's actually something I miss and need when it comes down to it.

    4 votes
    1. [4]
      triadderall_triangle
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      Its literally a worse privacy proposition. Anytime you add payment, thats just another layer of data/privacy they get to aggregate and manipulate for nonsense. All this is doing is paying Facebook...

      Its literally a worse privacy proposition. Anytime you add payment, thats just another layer of data/privacy they get to aggregate and manipulate for nonsense.

      All this is doing is paying Facebook to further enshittify so the non-paid experience is intolerable to what are fundamentally addicts who need their FacebookFix.

      Its categorically just a shitty deal and delays Facebook's necessary demise

      Edit: I gotta underhand it to them, pure unmitigated evil and commercial hilarity

      6 votes
      1. [3]
        elcuello
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        I agree... I'm sure this is all very true and I have next to no trust in them but what would the feed look like and what would my options be if I had a paid subscription? Anyone here tried it?

        I agree... I'm sure this is all very true and I have next to no trust in them but what would the feed look like and what would my options be if I had a paid subscription? Anyone here tried it?

        2 votes
        1. [2]
          triadderall_triangle
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          Just look up an image. I implore you to drop FB whenever you feel thats possible. Just delete the apps and use Friendly to help quarantine it to them to handle. Anybody who can be persuaded should...

          Just look up an image. I implore you to drop FB whenever you feel thats possible. Just delete the apps and use Friendly to help quarantine it to them to handle. Anybody who can be persuaded should be :)

          4 votes
          1. elcuello
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            I know. I just installed Friendly and it feels like a good choice if they block trackers and are generally privacy driven.

            I know. I just installed Friendly and it feels like a good choice if they block trackers and are generally privacy driven.

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