Meta Risks Subscription Fatigue With New Plans - DTNS 5278
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has a solid idea of what the new Siri features will look like in iOS 27, and Intel announced its Arc G-series chips for handheld gaming.
Starring Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, Tom Merritt and Dr. Niki
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Tech News for Thursday, May 28th, 2026. |
| 0:08.9 | We tell you what you need to know, give you the important context, and help each other understand. |
| 0:12.9 | We do three things. |
| 0:15.4 | Well, today, Meta did something. |
| 0:17.5 | Launch, it's paid subscription tiers, but what is the value of those upgrades? |
| 0:22.3 | That's what we're going to talk all about. |
| 0:24.5 | I'm Jason Howell. |
| 0:25.5 | I'm Windwet, Al. |
| 0:26.7 | Let's start with what you need to know with a big story. |
| 0:31.8 | All right. |
| 0:32.7 | Meta launched paid subscription plans just yesterday, Wednesday, Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus, cost $3.99 |
| 0:41.8 | cents per month. There's a WhatsApp plus also that costs $2.99 a month. |
| 0:48.3 | TechCrunch says Instagram and Facebook subscribers will get profile customization options, |
| 0:53.6 | they'll get story insights, other exclusive features, whatever they may be, including |
| 0:59.3 | super reactions. |
| 1:01.6 | WhatsApp's subscription will include themes, extra pinned chats, stickers, ringtones. |
| 1:08.9 | Feels like a goodie bag. |
| 1:10.2 | What else is in there? Oh, I got some ringtones. Feels like a goody bag. What else is in there? |
| 1:11.2 | Oh, I got some ringtones. |
| 1:13.3 | Instagram, Facebook's verified subscriptions will continue to be offered separately for blue checkmarks and impersonation protection. |
| 1:22.4 | If that's something that you need, there you go. |
| 1:26.4 | Meta's also testing a subscription for Meta-. Meta 1 plus $7.99 per month. |
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