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Facebook and Instagram launch an ad-free subscription model in GDPR countries (about.fb.com)
submitted 1 year ago by alex@jlai.lu to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] _s10e@feddit.de 20 points 1 year ago

Actual answer over circle-jerk speculation: To be legal in EU, they must offer one option without required (=forced) consent to tracking. When you pay, you can actually opt-out from any measure that require consent under GDPR.

All European publishers do this. They don't want your money and probably don't care much about the tiny minority that actually pays for freedom from tracking. This option exist to create the illusion of choice.