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Meta launches subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp (techcrunch.com)
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[–] magnue@lemmy.world 93 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

"subscribing to Instagram Plus ($3.99/mo), Facebook Plus ($3.99/mo), or WhatsApp Plus ($2.99/mo) will gain access to extra features, like profile customization, super reactions, and story insights, among other things."

I'll pass on that.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Notice almost all of this is outward facing. It doesn't improve your experience, but it gives you a thing that others see. The goal is the same thing as children bullying other children to buy iPhones. They don't know what the product is. They just built in features that tell you if other people aren't using it, so you can make fun of them.

[–] MinFapper@startrek.website 12 points 13 hours ago

You didn't mention a lack of ads. They remove all the ads when you subscribe, right?

padme Anakin meme

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 25 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I passed on it a decade ago. Got out when shit was getting bad with ads, memes, and other stuff not actually "social".

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It's the opposite of social. Especially facebook. There are only companies there, no actual people left (except some boomers maybe)

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

My parents are on Facebook every day and so are their friends. I’m pretty sure Facebook is what happened to all the Gen Xers.

[–] br3d@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

How very dare you? Gen X is long off Facebook - it's our parents on there, being radicalised by Russian bots

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 3 points 12 hours ago

profile customizations

So we bringing back MySpace?