Facebook and Instagram launch a paid ad-free subscription

Also this is Facebook's most entertaining con as of late. I just can't hate and not laugh at everything they do at the same time. They yield meh a lot of joy dividends from muh admittedly substantial hate investment which has long since vested

Edit: [Not crazy about some of the sentence structure here but you know what I mean]

> Just cuz they don't show ads doesn't mean...

Not so long ago we learned Google's toggle to turn off your history turned off your ability to see your history, not Google's collection of it, so you're right to be skeptical:

That document goes on to state: "Contrary to Mr Pichai's Congressional testimony, the founder of Google's Privacy and Data Protection Office testified in this case that he is 'not aware of any setting' that users can employ to prevent Google from collecting data related to their app activity."

Much of the issue, allegedly, is that WAA, rather than saving data when on and not saving it when off, simply saves data in a different place – not in the Google Account data set. Addressing the confusion about the bounds of Google Accounts, Hochman said, "So I'm aware that Google may save data in different locations, depending on where that WAA/sWAA switch is set. It is still collecting the same data and still saving it, but it may save it in different places."

https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/24/google_privacy_button...

Geez. Same. Between the ads and suggestions, I barely see any of my subscribed content.

That's a surprisingly expensive subscription.

This move looks like it's a preemptive one to head off complaints from the EU. I doubt they will have many takers at this price. It might actually be intentionally high to keep the majority on the ad-ridden default version.