Comment on What dating apps are really optimizing. Hint: it isn’t love
Randelung@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I fell for Parship. Forgot to cancel after family pushed me to subscribe just for a year.
When I started, I didn’t know what a match unlock was. On Tinder, if you match, you get to chat. On Parship you have to UNLOCK the match first, and you only have a limited amount of unlocks before you have to buy more. So the app that claims to be designed to pair you up makes you HESITANT to actually talk to anyone! It’s like power-up potions in video games!
We all know they’re evil and predatory, but the extent is worse than you think.