The UK's Information Commissioner's Office seems quite pleased with its work on Meta's "consent or pay" model, because it has got the price down a bit.
And seemingly it considers that this constitutes "consent" under the UK GDPR.
> “Under Meta’s chosen approach, people will be able to choose between consenting to personalised ads or paying a monthly subscription for an ad-free service – known as a ‘consent or pay’ model.
> "During the course of our engagement with Meta, it significantly lowered the starting price point at which users would be offered a subscription. As a result, users in the UK will be able to subscribe at a price point close to half that of EU users.
