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noyb.eu

You thought paying for your seat was annoying? If Meta's "Pay or Okay" approach is legitimised by the EDPB, paying an extra fee for your privacy will become a standard for other services as well.

⏩ noyb.eu/en/28-ngos-urge-eu-dpa

@noybeu
Excellent work of yours!

Something similar is already happening with discount cards and discount prices at #OEBB and other train companies. Without sharing data one can not purchase the cheap tickets.

@noybeu this is so great. With this more people will understand why google, meta, Amazon are free and can run rampant with free stuff.

@noybeu
How would that even work? Pay the lower price with data sharing, fly, then revoke consent under GDPR. What are they going to do? Send a bill for the difference? Take the seat back?

It only - maybe - works for Facebook because that's a continous transaction and because Facebook is in the US, and once the data is out of the EU, we can't force them to delete the data when consent is revoked.

@noybeu Somehow it IS already pretty common in almost every aspect of life. Though not THAT explicitly obvious.

In fact, I can't help but appreciate the honesty in that offer. 😆 Shares first place with "telematic" car insurance!

@noybeu
Makes a good case for taking the train.

@noybeu this should get the company under heavy oversight for years just for suggesting it, bloody hell

@noybeu

If you made this the plot of an episode of Black Mirror a couple of years ago, viewers wouldn't accept it, because it would be too unrealistic.

@noybeu the sad things is that many people think meta and any big company has right... this kind of people (not so few) are not only selfdestructive but also dangerous... they put normal and free people under the "brand" of NOT ALLIGNED

@noybeu A wholeheartedly hate Meta and adtech in general, but I think this argument is upside down: Meta provides you services in exchange for your data, that they can turn into money. If you choose not to pay with your data (or with this alternative, your money), why should Meta provide services for you? Meta is not a public utility, no one *has* to be on Insta, and everyone should be able to decide if a particular price is acceptable for them to use a service.

And FTR, I already pay for my search provider, news and a bunch of other online services (I also donate for my Fedi admin), because I don't expect free launch and find this a much better option than paying with my privacy.