Ooh, that’s bad… Anyway…
The company said the changes are for users in the European Union, in response to evolving EU regulatory feedback
Sounds like a petulant child throwing a tantrum for being told ‘no’.
minimal set of data points including a person’s age, location, gender, and how a person engages with ads.
Sounds like they’re skirting the regulation.
allowing people to connect with the brands and products that are most relevant to them.
“Connecting with brands and products” is not even remotely close to why people use social media.
Tf are they going on about?!
Friends don’t let friends use Facebook.
When I used Instagram, I used it through Instander for extra features (and ad blocking). It worked pretty well, and it’s a mod of Instagram so the interface was the same.
TL;DR
If you choose to let us track you’ll get personalized ads
If you choose to NOT let us track you’ll get tons of intrusive and unskipable ads
Having the choice is what matters right?
Hmm, I swapped FB with Lemmy for my quick dial when the elections heated up, guess I’ll just leave it that way.
‘Unusable’ social media apps.
It will relate to users who choose to see less personalised adverts in their feeds.
ah, because regular evil wasn’t enough.
Well, let’s hope it’ll piss people off into seing the light
