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.

The EU thought the price should be cheap enough that people would pay instead of choosing ads. I think they rejected this plan.

The EU thought the price should be cheap enough that people would pay instead of choosing ads.

people didn't choose to subscribe... kind of a no brainer

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