Dating app thirst-trapping non-premium users ethical?
I am writing this from Banglore, India. I do see a tendency by dating apps to thirst trap users into buying a premium subscription. By thirst-trapping I mean they will show someone liked your profile when actually it a programmatically generated marketing tactic. I wonder how often these practices tend to happen around us.
Almost all dating apps are owned by the same company and all they care about is extracting money from users. If you want to try online dating, just use a free app without monetization besides ads.
This reminds me of an observation I had: I think a lot of the best dating apps aren't strictly dating apps.
For example, you'd be surprised at the number of people who have met on Twitter. It's quite a lot.
Even John Carmack recently met his significant other on there following his divorce.
https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1530022920130543630...