Tell HN: I can report Facebook's new subscription does not work

11 pointsvenv2y ago10 comments

Being a very infrequent Facebook user, I logged in after being told a friend was organizing a party through Facebook events. Was greeted with a choice to subscribe or opt-in to ads. Chose to try the subscription (billing starts in March). After trying multiple cards, I was unable to actually subscribe. So much for choice.

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Raed6672y ago

I can report that you can go to https://www.facebook.com/settings without needing to pick the free/subscription option and deactivate your account.

throwaway1542y ago

+1 useful.

cookiengineer2y ago

I can report that I am still waiting for my GDPR mandated data checkout from metacompliance.com after filing it every month over again, which they happily ignore.

I think their web form just lands in /dev/null and nobody bothers to do anything. Time to get a lawyer and report them, I guess...

brianhorakh2y ago

I stopped using Facebook many years ago, now with hindsight that was One of the very best self-care decisions I've ever made in my life.

drstewart2y ago

I'm guessing most of your stress wasn't from Facebook, but years of running up a huge debt from your failed startup while not getting sufficient exercise or nutrition.

Mrirazak12y ago

Question is are they going to still harvest data? No point paying if they will still do exactly the same thing?

Raed6672y ago

Unless they make a big deal out of it, assume that Facebook will always harvest as much data as they can.

I would also assume that it would be more complex to create exceptions in the data ingestion/retention pipelines, than in the ad display ones.

HenryBemis2y ago

They will definitely continue to harvest (and process/sell) data. The only thing that stops is displaying ads.

dotcoma2y ago

Doesn’t Ublock Origin do the trick for free?

I thought it did; I quit Facebook and I’m very happy I did.

flowzai2y ago

Recently facebook get lots of complain for this problem and bugs

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Raed6672y ago

I can report that you can go to https://www.facebook.com/settings without needing to pick the free/subscription option and deactivate your account.

throwaway1542y ago

+1 useful.

cookiengineer2y ago

I can report that I am still waiting for my GDPR mandated data checkout from metacompliance.com after filing it every month over again, which they happily ignore.

I think their web form just lands in /dev/null and nobody bothers to do anything. Time to get a lawyer and report them, I guess...

brianhorakh2y ago

I stopped using Facebook many years ago, now with hindsight that was One of the very best self-care decisions I've ever made in my life.

drstewart2y ago

I'm guessing most of your stress wasn't from Facebook, but years of running up a huge debt from your failed startup while not getting sufficient exercise or nutrition.

Mrirazak12y ago

Question is are they going to still harvest data? No point paying if they will still do exactly the same thing?

Raed6672y ago

Unless they make a big deal out of it, assume that Facebook will always harvest as much data as they can.

I would also assume that it would be more complex to create exceptions in the data ingestion/retention pipelines, than in the ad display ones.

HenryBemis2y ago

They will definitely continue to harvest (and process/sell) data. The only thing that stops is displaying ads.

dotcoma2y ago

Doesn’t Ublock Origin do the trick for free?

I thought it did; I quit Facebook and I’m very happy I did.

flowzai2y ago

Recently facebook get lots of complain for this problem and bugs

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse