krcr

@krcr@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes the term is “freely given consent” indeed, but more importantly: Why would you not trust the EU data protection board if they say themselves consent-or-pay is not okay?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They can put all the ads they want to finance their services, but if they want to use targeted ones, they have to ask for unbiased users consent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deleting facebook account without consenting to new EU ad policy or paying the subscription⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am in the same situation, If you just want to delete your account, it seems accessing this url : https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account does not trigger the consent message.

  If you want to access Facebook and Instagram without accepting the ads, there are some weird ways I found that kind of works:

  • For Instagram in a browser you can go to https://www.instagram.com/consent/?flow= this will go to a page that says “Sorry, this page isn’t available.” but you can then go to the homepage without triggering the consent message. (some actions like loading a story will though) Another way on mobile (tested on Firefox android) is to start from the browser and when the consent message shows up click on the 3 dots → “Open in an application” the app then open to a blank page and you can go back to home.

  • For Facebook this tricks doesn’t seem to work, but other ways seems to, like using https://mbasic.facebook.com/