I had turned targeted ads off, on Facebook and Instagram. I still got ads but they were not targeted based on my data. I could live with that
Today I got a popup requiring me to pick an option of either accepting targeted ads or pay the equivalent of €13/$14 for an addfree experience across all meta platforms.
The very fact that you're paying them means giving up your information.
Well, yeah but it's not what we usually means when we talk about data economy, aren't we?
It’s not like your credit card and payment info tells you who your mother and the 50 most relevant people to you are