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EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy
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this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2024
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You can absolutely live your life without Facebook.
I know people who lived without Facebook for years who created an account just to get info from their kids' sports clubs. A lot of them only post data about events and stuff on the Facebook page. No newsletters or anything. Just Facebook.
They don't really have a choice. You don't want to ask other parents all the time and they won't send you an email specifically because you won't create a profile.
I fully agree with your statement. But in the case above the only alternative is to either annoy other parents every week, not send your kids to scouts camp with all their friends, or just create the profile and only look at those pages.
A lot of clubs removed their website in favour of a private Facebook page. It's unfortunate, but a reality. :(
I have been for years. It was a massive improvement when I deleted my Facebook account.
Likewise. I only still have it for our neighborhood group chat and occasionally marketplace, but that's maybe a twice a year thing.
The point is, not everyone can. Some businesses only have Facebook pages as their online presence. The network effects, especially in the older generations, are still very strong.
The EU had to draw the line somewhere. Facebook is over that line with the amount of people still on there.
You're also free to not give business to places that only have Facebook pages as their online presence.
Facebook is not a necessity. Full stop.
I think you don't understand the issue. The problem is not whether you can get around using Facebook in your life, the problem is whether people in general will get around using it. The numbers show they won't, so they need to be regulated in order to protect free markets.