What’s up with Facebook?

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gallopingby

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Seems you’ll now have to pay if you don’t want advertising to appear amongst FB posts? Not a big user but it’s been a useful way of discovering any issues locally especially if safety stuff and things that might cause you to reconsider hacking some routes.
 
As I understood it, it is an option to pay to get rid of ads. Ads have always been there, and they've always collected data, so not paying doesn't really change anything?
 
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I believe they have done it in Europe for a while. I think Facebook are getting hassle about data compliance here now, so they are rolling it out. I had a message in FB a while ago and ignored it, but now it's getting much more persistent. If you close and reopen the app the message goes away, but soon comes back again!
 
and to add to that

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AmyMay Again said:
I haven't had a notice on FB about any of this.
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Neither had I, but five minutes ago I went to go on my Facebook page and lo and behold up popped the “statement” from META…pay £3.99 per month for adfree, or continue on with adverts, although, and this worries me, they reserve the right to use your details etc etc….now does this mean we cannot get rid of advertising posts by clicking on the X top right or even the 3 dots?
 
I've just opted for free to get rid of the blumming message - I've still got the cross and 3 dots on posts same as before
Marshpiper said:
Neither had I, but five minutes ago I went to go on my Facebook page and lo and behold up popped the “statement” from META…pay £3.99 per month for adfree, or continue on with adverts, although, and this worries me, they reserve the right to use your details etc etc….now does this mean we cannot get rid of advertising posts by clicking on the X top right or even the 3 dots?
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pistolpete said:
Facebook is no longer fun like it used to be. Weird algorithms. People don’t see your stuff for days. I’m bored with it. Just still a bit addicted sadly.
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I kept getting crazed far-right wing stuff with loads of bot posts in the comments, AI picture slop, boring boxing videos and videos of people falling off horses.
Gave up a few months ago, logged back on recently and same old rubbish again. So binned it again.
 
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