Meta released Facebook and Instagram without Ads in the EU yesterday.
Subscribing was already kind of a dick move, because in order to avoid the 30% Apple / Google „tax“ you need to subscribe via Facebook on Desktop (for some reason they don’t offer it for Instagram on Desktop).
However, as I do not have Facebook but still wanted to use Instagram without ads, I decided to create a dummy Facebook account and linked both accounts to the same „Meta account or whatever it’s called).
I subscribed and everything is working fine. It’s almost strange using Instagram without those annoying iPhone phone cases ads in my feed 24/7 tbh!
anyway, half an hour later I get an email from Meta telling me, that my Facebook account was blocked and I am like huh so you are open to taking my money yet you don’t think I am actually real???
For a second I was scared that they also blocked my valuable Instagram account (phew they didn’t) and ads are also still being blocked.
HOWEVER as they have blocked my Facebook account, I literally have no way to actually unsubscribe! Since my account is blocked and I can’t access to dashboard 😵💫
Basically Meta blocked my Facebook account for no reason but did not cancel my subscription for an account I actually can’t use. Strange no?
Meta … I should have known 🫠
Just wanted to share my first impression
Subscribing was already kind of a dick move, because in order to avoid the 30% Apple / Google „tax“ you need to subscribe via Facebook on Desktop (for some reason they don’t offer it for Instagram on Desktop).
However, as I do not have Facebook but still wanted to use Instagram without ads, I decided to create a dummy Facebook account and linked both accounts to the same „Meta account or whatever it’s called).
I subscribed and everything is working fine. It’s almost strange using Instagram without those annoying iPhone phone cases ads in my feed 24/7 tbh!
anyway, half an hour later I get an email from Meta telling me, that my Facebook account was blocked and I am like huh so you are open to taking my money yet you don’t think I am actually real???
For a second I was scared that they also blocked my valuable Instagram account (phew they didn’t) and ads are also still being blocked.
HOWEVER as they have blocked my Facebook account, I literally have no way to actually unsubscribe! Since my account is blocked and I can’t access to dashboard 😵💫
Basically Meta blocked my Facebook account for no reason but did not cancel my subscription for an account I actually can’t use. Strange no?
Meta … I should have known 🫠
Just wanted to share my first impression