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[–] 65 points 1 year ago (15 children)

No one who's actually used Grindr likes that app. It sucks, and not in a good way. It fills its niche, but it is a horrible app and gets worse and worse with every update.

Rant over.

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  • [–] 49 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Oh so it’s like all other dating apps.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I read recently they're all tuned to give you almost perfect matches with people you'll vibe with for a few dates then end up back on the app

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I read the same. We need a FOSS dating app without these stupid semi-matching algorithms.

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  • And this has always been the obvious logical conclusion for a for profit dating app

    And also similarly applies to other for profit software. It's the whole idea behind enshittification

    Which is why FOSS is king and should be supported as much as possible in as many areas as possible

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Haven't used it myself but my mate seems to thoroughly enjoy it.

    Why does it suck?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Every update decreases the amount of people you can see. Frequent, full page ads that cannot be closed out and will open up a webpage/the App Store as you try to hit the “x.” You’ll “accidentally” hit the $99.99 monthly purchase somehow because everything moves around after your conversations load and have to exit out of the confirmation for that. There are a ridiculous amount of Only Fans and bots. Often the app would rather connect you to people hundreds of miles away rather than the people in your immediate area.

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