The move is part of the app’s plans to become “an AI-first company."
So, setting entirely aside the fact that Grindr caters to gay men (and women?) and I’m straight… this gets a “hell no” on price alone before we even get to the AI.
For $500 a month a dating app better be getting me laid at least 3-4 times a month, and even that’s egregious because it’s not like the other person is getting paid. They aren’t. So in straight dating, you have a vastly greater population of men looking for women. But even if you pay the app $500 a month, the women still have the right to say no. I mean, of course they do. What is the expectation? That you’re buying sex? That’s illegal most places. Now if you’re going to use AI to influence the outcome, to embellish your profile and enhance your features, that’s an attempt to bypass consent through omission or misdirection, which is a violation of trust. So even if I liked AI and saw it as useful, I would consider this a scummy use of it, not related to my feelings about the technology, but strictly due to my own personal integrity.
Of course, one’s personal integrity is a good reason to say “fuck AI,” but in this case, the negative feelings toward AI are not needed at all. It’s just scummy for more intrinsic reasons. But I think it’s easy for guys to say “well I’ve been having a dry spell, I might sub for one month”… okay but would you want your sister, daughter, niece, female cousin, or female friend to be duped or catfished like that? No, you probably wouldn’t. So don’t fucking do it to another person.
If I understand Grindr correctly 3-4 times a month are rookie numbers.
With the price varying by city and user, is this just a way to fleece RNC goers for causing Grindr to crash?
I hope yes
Capitalism and “AI”: Revolutionizing ways to get fucked in the ass literally, metaphorically, financially, spiritually and climatically.
Bloody hell, can’t y’all just let gay people shag?!
They just have to smear their bullshit all over anything good.
Someone took !fuck_ai@lemmy.world literally
i mean people have been taking it literally since platforms like chai or polybuzz.
And here i thought we already reached max shit level with that app
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Uhhhh…anyone know if that pun was intended, or a happy accident?
What pun?
“max shit level”
Because Grindr is aimed at men more likely to be into bummery.
I think you’re doing anal wrong bro…
That dip in process is part of a larger tech trend that journalist Cory Doctorow has called “enshittification,”
Yeup
“AI first company”? What does it even mean?
Why can’t they just be a gay dating app that makes use of AI?
The word “first” implies that AI is going to the primary focus.
So, they want to change their core business from being a gay dating app to being an AI company?
With explanations like “AI is not a specific feature”, I have to wonder what makes them think their company is able to do anything competitive in the already saturated AI market.
[David Attenborough voice] “… and here we see the CEO. Limited in their understanding of the human world, but still, extremely adept at using financial tools. This one has copied others. Watch as they clumsily seek to use this tool to lever more money for no user benefit. They will try and try again until they acheive something. Even if they destroy what they originally had…”
Hell nah(am saying this Cause I dislike “ai-first”)
Hard swipe left.
Hey at least maybe now those Guys at the next Republican Convention can have something to chat to while the app is down in their area LoL
Alright, so we need a replacement platform where gay humans instead of gay computers can hook up…
Maybe Grindr is just trying to go full pimp here and will guarantee you one of the CEOs personal sex slaves for early adopters.
Gotta grind harder to get that Republican PAC money
20% off if you are MAGA.
They would lose so much money
