Pay for Facebook?

[boredjedi]

Everything is going to be a monthly subscription including the ability to turn on and use your computer.

[possessor]

Did you miss the entire YouTube adblocker thread? A lot of people already do pay to watch videos on YouTube. YouTube is trying to force everyone else to either pay or watch ads.

I use Firefox, CustomTube and uBlock Origin. I don't have the problem so far.

[chuft]

Did you miss the entire YouTube adblocker thread? A lot of people already do pay to watch videos on YouTube. YouTube is trying to force everyone else to either pay or watch ads.

[possessor]

Twitter (oh sorry, "X"), Spotify, now Facebook.
Pretty soon we'll have to pay to watch videos on YouTube

[chuft]

I wonder if they will go to war with ad blockers like YouTube has.

[LazyPooky]

Interesting that it costs more on mobile than on a computer. I think YouTube premium is the same. I wonder if you can get around that by using a web browser on the phone instead of the app.

I won't pay them so I can't tell. I don't see much ads because of the ad-blockers and have hidden all those other nonsense stuff, like suggestions, with extensions. Very helpful, a clean timeline, with only friend's posts.
https://github.com/mrinc/F-B-Hide-Re...ions-and-Reels

[chuft]

Interesting that it costs more on mobile than on a computer. I think YouTube premium is the same. I wonder if you can get around that by using a web browser on the phone instead of the app.

[LazyPooky]

I just knew that Facebook would introduce paid subscription in response to the new EU laws. What else could they do. Starting today.




https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/t...on-europe.html

META said on Monday that it will introduce an advertisement-free subscription option for Facebook and Instagram for the first time beginning next month for users in Europe, a sign of how government pressure is leading large tech companies to change their core products.

The social networking company said it was complying with “evolving European regulations” by introducing the subscription option in:

The European Union
Iceland
Liechtenstein
Norway
Switzerland

Starting in November, users will be able to choose to continue using Facebook or Instagram for free with ads, or to subscribe to stop seeing ads, Meta said.

The cost will range from 9.99 euros a month ($10.58) on the web to 12.99 euros a month ($13.75) on iOS and Android devices, and apply to a user’s linked Facebook and Instagram accounts. Starting on March 1, 2024, an additional fee of 6 euros a month for the web version and 8 euros a month for mobile access will apply for additional accounts.