Yes, the nuance is that Facebook must offer an alternative that does not use personal data, even if it means losing some of the features compared to when you pay (either with money or authorizing them to sell your data).
Haec non sunt illa droida, quae quaeritis. 🌐Neoliberal🌐 🇪🇺European Federalist🇪🇺 🇲🇫🇲🇽🇮🇹
Yes, the nuance is that Facebook must offer an alternative that does not use personal data, even if it means losing some of the features compared to when you pay (either with money or authorizing them to sell your data).
China: “Remove all VPNs” Apple: “Sure thing”
China: “…and podcast apps” Apple: “Can do boss!”
China: “…and also hand over all iCloud data for our citizens” Apple: “I mean why wouldn’t we? Here you go!”
EU: “Allow alternate app stores, and do it fairly” Apple: “Ahhh hell no! This is so unfair you guys are bullies! Malware! Privacy! We have standards! Unlike you we care about our users!”
We should thank Microsoft for rendering Windows absolutely unusable, to the point that many people are just jumping ship and installing a Linux distro.
Does anybody know if it’s possible for individuals to file complaints against Meta or other services that use pay or okay models? I know that some non-profits have successfully done it, but I wonder if people could do it to as a way to pressure regulators even more.