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Re:NL Judge: Meta must respect user's choice of recommendati... by lbhdc on Thursday October 02, 2025 @10:31AM (#45450125)
https://about.fb.com/news/2024/11/facebook-and-instagram-to-...

Don't they already offer this? Did it get canceled?

Re:NL Judge: Meta must respect user's choice of recommendati... by graeme on Thursday October 02, 2025 @11:40AM (#45451176)
The EU thought the price should be cheap enough that people would pay instead of choosing ads. I think they rejected this plan.
Re:NL Judge: Meta must respect user's choice of recommendati... by graeme on Thursday October 02, 2025 @11:39AM (#45451171)
The EU thought the price should be cheap enough that people would pay instead of choosing ads.
Re:NL Judge: Meta must respect user's choice of recommendati... by doctorpangloss on Thursday October 02, 2025 @01:30PM (#45452735)
people didn't choose to subscribe... kind of a no brainer

basic history one google search away for the top ranking comment on Hacker News

Re:NL Judge: Meta must respect user's choice of recommendati... by timeon on Friday October 03, 2025 @12:34AM (#45459025)
When Facebook offered me this option: "will you pay with your money or your data?" I was like: "do I really need this?" I just deleted the account since I was already not really using it. Everyone I know went with "yeah just track me" instead.