Meta has been sending a notification to its Instagram and Facebook users indicating that they must make a decision about how to use its services. The message was a bit “authoritarian” since it blocked access to these social networks until the person chose what to do. The decision was to pay the subscription or simply continue for free, but with ads..
Currently, the message has stopped appearing, but it is important to know that the option to pay for a Meta subscription is still validLet's find out more details about this payment method and how much it costs.
What is Meta's subscription on Instagram and Facebook?
This subscription method proposed by Meta consists of pay a monthly amount of 9,99 euros until March 1After this date, users will now have to pay the amount of 9,99 euros plus an extra 6 euros for each additional Instagram and Facebook account that they have in the Account Center.
For example, if you have a Facebook account, but you additionally link a main Instagram account and a business account, The total amount to be paid is 21,99 euros per month. Please note that this payment of additional bills will be mandatory starting March 1st.
Among the benefits that this subscription entails is the following: Opting out of advertising while browsingAdditionally, user data will not be used for advertising purposes, but users will still be able to view content from companies and content creators.
If you do not want to continue with the Meta subscription, You can cancel it 24 hours before your next cut-off date. Once they become part of this payment system, both the policies and the conditions of use of the social networks involved will change automatically.
Subscription is completely optional; that is, you can ignore the information and continue with your free accounts, but you will continue to see advertising. In addition, your data will be used as a source of food for advertising companies. The measure only affects users from the European community, due to demands from the European Data Protection regulatory body, who requested a modality of use of these social networks without ads.
It is important to clarify that this subscription does not imply the account verificationIt is completely different, focused solely on paying for a service to avoid seeing ads on your Instagram and Facebook accounts. Share this information so that other users know about this new feature in Meta.
