From my point of view there are some that are ok and some that are terrible and get in the way no matter how you use them

In the same way that we all want paper straws and attached bottle caps?

Much of what EU has implemented are great things that we do want, but it isn’t about what we want or dont want

I see some of you have never used a typewriter, and it shows

‘Begs’ sounds like a strong word comparing to the actual content of the article

Even if they gave them away for free, no one would take them for commercial use. Not sure who would be surprised at this ‘news’

I guess this proves OP is a bot! Mods ban this account

I feel you! When i took my exams we didn’t even have the internet!

Thanks! I guess foreign languages nowadays are just a minor inconvenience.

That said, apologising for sharing an article in one, is an even smaller inconvenience for me, so I can as well do it, for the sake of the few who may feel that its a huge burden

Linux Mint FTW! Changed partly because of this and partly because of all the ads, bloatware, spyware etc etc

I deleted my account back in November when they enforced the ‘pay or ok’ option. I was not ok with that

Have read a lot of books since !

Pretty sure i read about EU working on a ban for endless scrolling!

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20231208IPR15767/new-eu-rules-needed-to-address-digital-addiction

Shitstorm = Feedback

Noted…

The difference is that people from the US and UK are generally welcommed in other countries. People from Sudan have a much harder time being let into other countries

I dont but i expect its ok to express my opinion about them nonetheless

IMO many of the longer videos, could have been way shorter, but are made longer just to make them longer

IMO YouTubers are great at spending hours explaining something that should and could have taken 10 minutes

When did YouTube rambles become essays? I’ve seen this a few times now. Dont call them essays! Its just people talking endlessly about things they often know very little about but make it sound convincing.

Its like AI really!

I left it back in November when they forced me to either pay or accept. That said, we need a replacement for facebook, that is made for the EU and by the EU. Sure fediverse is great, but it still is a niche social media for us nerds.

We need the Facebook styled feed that 60+ year olds feel comfortable scrolling through, instead of the Reddit wannabe format

It had value to me too. I lost a lot of my online social life due to it. I honestly also considered paying but not the ridiculously high price that they were asking. Further more, paying would not stop them from tracking me and it would still have them show me recommended content. Its only the actual ads that you get rid of, but you’d still be seeing recommended commercial content from pages that META thinks suit your purchasing pattern.

Too bad that i left its platforms due to it.

That said, i dont expect this to be their last exploit of user rights.

Its actually fairly fast reaction from EU considering they ok introduced their pay or ok model in November.

I dont believe that paying really was a viable option anyway, as they set the price so high but it could be interesting to see how many actually chose to pay!