Deactivate Facebook and Instagram searches explode after subscriptions plans revealed

Date:
Fri, 24 Feb 2023 11:12:37 +0000

Description:
Users rush to deactivate Facebook and Instagram after subscription news.

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It looks like Metas plans to charge subscriptions for Facebook and Instagram have gone down as well as an offensive meme posted by your uncle, with searches for how to deactivate Facebook and Instagram exploding after the news.

A quick glance at Google Trends (and pointed out by VPNOverview.com ) shows a large spike in searches for Deactivate Instagram with an incredible increase of 2,400% peaking just after the news broke on February 19.

Searches for Deactivate Facebook also rocketed by 1,566%. While Google
Trends, which measures how popular certain terms are when used by people searching the internet with Google, shows that after those large spikes
things settled down again, its clear that Metas plans spooked plenty of
people into considering leaving those social media platforms.

If youre considering leaving the platforms, then check out our guides on how to deactivate Facebook and how to deactivate Instagram for a step-by-step process. (Image credit: Shutterstock / thongyhod / Twitter) Thanks Elon, I hate it

While it might be fun to blame Elon Musk for everything thats wrong with the modern world, the fact that Meta announced its subscription plans so soon after Musk bought the rival Twitter platform and implemented controversial changes with the Twitter Blue subscription seems more than just a coincidence
but thats probably exactly what it is.

Surely, no one at Meta looked at how poorly Twitter Blue was received and thought wed like a piece of that.

Instead, like Twitter, it seems like Meta is trying to work out how to make money from its social media platforms, and it seems by adding a Meta Verified subscription for $11.99 / AU$19.99 (around 10) (or $14.99 / AU$24.99 (around 13) for mobile users) with the promise of "increased visibility and reach
with prominence in some areas of the platform", including in search,
comments, and recommendations, the company hopes to increase its profits, which have been increasingly shaky of late, especially with CEO Mark Zuckerbergs obsession with the virtual reality Metaverse bleeding out money .

It's a gamble that so far doesnt seem to have paid off. The subscription service hasnt even launched yet, but its caused a lot of people to look at
how to leave the platforms. While both Facebook and Instagram will continue
to be free to use, theres an understandable worry that people who dont pay to be Meta Verified will essentially be treated as second-class citizens.

Its not clear how many of these searches ended with people actually deactivating their accounts, but Meta isnt in a position to find out. Time will tell if this backlash causes the company to revise its plans.



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