Comment on TikTok allegedly monitoring users’ Grindr activity, digital rights group claims

• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It does give you sex in return for data, which compared to most apps, is a better return ratio.

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  • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s not sex in return for data, more like “you get sex, you lose confidence and any sense of self-worth, we will also show you ads every 3 seconds.”

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    • Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      9 times out of 10 that tap or message you just got came from a fucking bot. Grindr is such a shithole app.

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      • Aneb@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Do you want to see sexy men from your cumputer? Here’s my secret link bit/PHGR

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    • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would recommend that you should reflect on how you use the app.

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      • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Gay communities are not all the same around the world. It kind of is part of the problem, grindr applies an insensitive one size fits all model. US gay culture prevalent in grindr pushes promiscuity, distorted body images and sex centered stereotypes. It used to be that the app was simply a proximity chat with basic profiles. This was a safe haven for gay men in homophobic cultures that needed a way to identify, contact and interact with other gay men without fear of violence or discrimination. Yes, it was about sex, but it was about sex as a reactionary channel for frustrated desires for human contact and emotional connection.

        Today it is so enshittified and has added so many anti features that it has shifted to be the opposite. It has turned into a harassment machine, that frustrates and enrages users in an attempt to make them pay money for premium features, that used to be free, or get rid of the new ones that nobody uses. Which signals users to be and act even worse to each other in order to circumvent the exploiting anti features.

        Then it also pushes things like penis size obsession, high risk multipartner encounters and unprotected sex, with a high dose of body shaming on the side. All that while showing an ad every 3 seconds (I’m not exaggerating). Without mentioning that it has always been a privacy nightmare, a vector for minor’s abuse, sex work and drug trafficking. With the app owners never doing anything of value to actually protect the users. Grindr has gotten kids and adults raped and murdered before. But it promotes PRep (in countries where the drug is banned because homophobia), so, yay.

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    • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Skill issue

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