Meta announces paid subscriptions for both Instagram and Facebook in the United Kingdom

Facebook and Instagram users will be presented in the United Kingdom soon That removes ads. In the coming weeks, those over the age of 18 can pay 3 pounds ($ 4) per month on the web, or 4 pounds ($ 5) per month when using Meta iOS or Andro applications. If you are wondering why the mobile phone version is more expensive, Meta blames this for the drawings imposed by Apple and Google in its application stores.

A subscription without ADS will be applied to any Facebook and Instagram account added to A. This is what Meta uses to allow users to connect various Meta records on its various platforms. Any additional account included in the user account center will automatically get his own subscription for an additional 2 pounds ($ 3) per month on the web or 3 pounds (4 dollars) per month for the iOS and Android operating system. Anyone who chooses to refuse to show Meta will continue to see ads on their free platforms naturally, and they can still use ads preferences to choose ads that they prefer to see more or less.

Dead Change is a response to a new organizational “approval or payment” From the Information Commissioner Office (ICO), where users are given the choice between approval of the institution that uses their data to customize ads, or pay to avoid them. Meta previously made a similar change to the European Union users, as it made an option to subscribe free of advertising for 10 euros ($ 11), but it was By the European Commission for its alleged failure to comply with the most striking digital market law (DMA). The company later A revised, cheaper and advertising -free plan was still evaluating it by the European Commission earlier this year.

Meta praised ICO because of its “constructive approach” to personal ads, which insists on providing the best experience for both its users and companies, and criticized the European Union organizers to continue “over” with the privacy regulations. As mentioned before The digital announcement represented about 97 percent of Meta revenues in 2024.