Tinder has rolled out its promised high-end membership, a pricey $499 per month subscription dubbed "Tinder Select," which includes unique perks like the
Tinder Launches $499 USD-Per-Month “Tinder Select” Membership::Tinder has rolled out its promised high-end membership, a pricey $499 per month subscription dubbed “Tinder Select,” which includes unique perks like the
Remember: Tinder doesn’t make money if you find love, because then you’d stop using the app. Tinder’s goal is to keep you using the app as long as possible by dangling the possibility of success without ever delivering.
IAC/Match Group owns this space and at this point the cash grab is so openly brazen. I hate it. Part of the reason i’ve folded on online dating and dating in general.
I’m kind of surprised that not a single state has yet.
Like the states that legalized weed have made a bonkers amount of tax money while the others continue to lose out to other states or the black market. And oh look, suddenly way less drug crime.
Legalize it, regulate it, then tax it. The Netherlands figured it out. Kind of surprised Nevada hasn’t taken their shot. A state could legalize it and watch their tourist and tax revenues skyrocket while likely lowering human trafficking to boot.
In most countries it still is and basically always was illegal. I wouldn’t hold your breath for the US any time soon, since half the states still can’t get their shit together to legalize a harmless plant, and the puritanical pushback from the federal level if a state attempted to legalize prostitution, especially with a conservative administration, would probably be swift and immediate.
Lots of states have casinos, this country loves to gamble. My understanding though is the brothels are highly limited in Nevada. Like, they are severely limited to where they can operate. There’s not actually any in Las Vegas, for instance.
I’m not against legalization of prostition or drugs, but the only thing The Netherlands figured out is that simply legalization doesn’t make the problems go away. Both drug crime and human trafficking are still a big issue.
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women are going to start saying they won’t match with guys who aren’t subscribing to this. I guarantee it.
I ain’t see she’s a gold digga…
Then they are going to have to earn that highest status rating
Now I ain’t say she a gold digger…
But she ain’t datting no broke ninjas
This is all absurd, obviously, but:
$499 and you don’t even get everything there is to get? You still have to pay for more? What in the fuck?
Local Asian massage parlor is like $150 plus tip for full service.
Oh, that is just awful. I for one will never go anywhere near which location again?
Remember: Tinder doesn’t make money if you find love, because then you’d stop using the app. Tinder’s goal is to keep you using the app as long as possible by dangling the possibility of success without ever delivering.
For 500$ it better work as a ma’adam in a brothel.
So basically your privacy only goes as far as how much other people are willing to pay
Welcome to America friend
According to the article it’ll be opt-out for “some accounts” on the receiving side. God only knows what they mean by that
“Tinder Select Ultra Plus” tier membership, I’m guessing.
The most pathetic thing is that there are enough lonely dudes out there that some would actually consider this service.
So corporations were thinking why should women be the only ones who can extort a bunch of money from lonely dudes… why not us too?
Can we start a fediverse dating app?
I’m currently visiting the Ambien walrus writing this so forgive me if this idea is screwy, but I’d love to create a new space.
It would be 99% dudes. Oh wait
Jokes on you, I’m into that shit.
Always has been. Love your crew ;)
Sounds good to me. Maybe it’s just a matter of branding.
Sure, I’ll start one for you for a meager $498/month
A mere pittance my dear…
There’s a FLOSS dating platform: https://alovoa.com
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IAC/Match Group owns this space and at this point the cash grab is so openly brazen. I hate it. Part of the reason i’ve folded on online dating and dating in general.
If dating apps were barred from collecting any payments besides a one time entry fee perhaps they’d stop all these anti customers practices.
I can subscribe to a hooker for less and have more sex
Legalize
Shit they could probably include travel to an area with legal prostitution and still come out ahead.
I’m kind of surprised that not a single state has yet.
Like the states that legalized weed have made a bonkers amount of tax money while the others continue to lose out to other states or the black market. And oh look, suddenly way less drug crime.
Legalize it, regulate it, then tax it. The Netherlands figured it out. Kind of surprised Nevada hasn’t taken their shot. A state could legalize it and watch their tourist and tax revenues skyrocket while likely lowering human trafficking to boot.
i honestly didn’t know sex work was still illegal hopefully there’s some society resurgence in support of them.
i feel like as a society if a topic isn’t trending in news nothing happens to it.
In most countries it still is and basically always was illegal. I wouldn’t hold your breath for the US any time soon, since half the states still can’t get their shit together to legalize a harmless plant, and the puritanical pushback from the federal level if a state attempted to legalize prostitution, especially with a conservative administration, would probably be swift and immediate.
May I introduce Nevada? The only state with both casinos and brothels.
Lots of states have casinos, this country loves to gamble. My understanding though is the brothels are highly limited in Nevada. Like, they are severely limited to where they can operate. There’s not actually any in Las Vegas, for instance.
It’s hardly the model we should be copying.
I’m not against legalization of prostition or drugs, but the only thing The Netherlands figured out is that simply legalization doesn’t make the problems go away. Both drug crime and human trafficking are still a big issue.
I’m guessing the only purpose of this is to show you have fuck-me money. Which sounds like it might work very, very well.
Agree. This sounds like a slam dunk to me.
Especially if you’re a pimp.
Well, that’s as good of a reason as any to delete the app.
I’m glad I was, continue to be and plan on being married to miss this nonsense.
*Mrs this nonsense
Yeah. Few decades married over here too… Until last week. Still not paying for crap like this, but damn was that same joke not funny on Monday.