(also this feels hella iffy legally speaking)
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I was surprised it was legal in the EU when Instagram started doing it. I promptly deleted it right after.
It's not, corporations' bad faith interpretation of the law doesn't make it legal.
https://www.wired.com/story/metas-pay-for-privacy-model-is-illegal-says-eu/
Doesn't help much in the UK unfortunately
Yet another of the endless benefits of Brexit! /s
Brexit is when England thinks colonies are better off because they're independent, when the truth is that they're England - free.
The equivalent is England leaving great Britain, with the consequence that Ireland unifies and Scotland does what it wants 🤣🤣🤣🤣