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Re:NL Judge: Meta must respect user's choice of recommendati... by s3p on Thursday October 02, 2025 @11:27AM (#45450996)
What? Just give them an option. Ads or ad free with card.
Re:NL Judge: Meta must respect user's choice of recommendati... by jfengel on Thursday October 02, 2025 @11:52AM (#45451342)
Some sites do give you that option. But they're still going to track you everywhere else, so opting out of one doesn't really solve the privacy problem.

There's also an economic problem with the pay-or-ad model. The users who won't pay are the ones with the least money, so your remaining advertisers won't pay as much. They may not even break even with the ads, but persist just to annoy you into subscribing.