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What’s your alternative? Clearly people use the app because the app answers a user need. So what’s your answer to the user need?

e0a74c 5y ago
We also got laid before the invention of the smartphone, you know...
- officeplant 5y ago
  We're also deep in a pandemic where olden times means of socialization are pretty restricted. I'm not gonna walk into a bar in 2021 to be assaulted by smoke, sound, and covid. Just the smoke and sound has been enough to keep me out of them for over a decade now.
  - e0a74c 5y ago
    Each to their own, I guess. I liked our dirty old ways and the fact that no Silicon Valley creep could spy on our intimate relations.
  - denton-scratch 5y ago
    Smoking in bars is also forbidden here. Many pubs don't play music; and in these COVID times, I often find there's just one other person in there, reading a paper.
    - officeplant 5y ago
      >I often find there's just one other person in there, reading a paper. That sounds pleasant. Smoking restrictions here vary greatly on a city by city basis. Unfortunately the bar scene in my city likes to pretend we aren't in a pandemic and only a few have decided to brave a smaller customer base and ban smoking.
- scrollaway 5y ago
  And we also lived fulfilling lives before the invention of the smartphone, tv, printing press, sewer system or agriculture. What exactly is your point? There’s a user need. In this case it addresses the needs of a minority that’s been, until recently, highly oppressed. You don’t get to just say “things were fine before this existed”. When something imperfect solves a real problem you don’t get to just say “oh just don’t use it”, especially when it’s not a problem YOU have. Talk about privilege!
  - e0a74c 5y ago
    > You don’t get to just say (...) I get to say whatever I want to say within the confines of the law and so do you. Let's keep it that way, shall we? > What exactly is your point? That it's still possible to get laid without a shady middleman/app
- drstewart 5y ago
  Why are you on HN instead of sharing your bad opinions with your friends in person? You have zero reason to be online, conversations existed before the internet, you know...
  - e0a74c 5y ago
breakfastduck 5y ago
You're suggesting that just 'not using it' is simply not an option or?
dade_ 5y ago
There are alternatives, but due to their bad business practices ( such as illegally collecting and selling their massive database of user data, and probably things I’d never think of) impossible to overtake. Consider existing brand awareness, and ongoing massive marketing spend.
- hn_throwaway_99 5y ago
  I highly doubt any of the primary other gay dating apps have significantly better data collection practices.

e0a74c 5y ago

We also got laid before the invention of the smartphone, you know...

officeplant 5y ago
We're also deep in a pandemic where olden times means of socialization are pretty restricted. I'm not gonna walk into a bar in 2021 to be assaulted by smoke, sound, and covid. Just the smoke and sound has been enough to keep me out of them for over a decade now.
- e0a74c 5y ago
  Each to their own, I guess. I liked our dirty old ways and the fact that no Silicon Valley creep could spy on our intimate relations.
- denton-scratch 5y ago
  Smoking in bars is also forbidden here. Many pubs don't play music; and in these COVID times, I often find there's just one other person in there, reading a paper.
  - officeplant 5y ago
    >I often find there's just one other person in there, reading a paper. That sounds pleasant. Smoking restrictions here vary greatly on a city by city basis. Unfortunately the bar scene in my city likes to pretend we aren't in a pandemic and only a few have decided to brave a smaller customer base and ban smoking.
scrollaway 5y ago
And we also lived fulfilling lives before the invention of the smartphone, tv, printing press, sewer system or agriculture. What exactly is your point? There’s a user need. In this case it addresses the needs of a minority that’s been, until recently, highly oppressed. You don’t get to just say “things were fine before this existed”. When something imperfect solves a real problem you don’t get to just say “oh just don’t use it”, especially when it’s not a problem YOU have. Talk about privilege!
- e0a74c 5y ago
  > You don’t get to just say (...) I get to say whatever I want to say within the confines of the law and so do you. Let's keep it that way, shall we? > What exactly is your point? That it's still possible to get laid without a shady middleman/app
drstewart 5y ago
Why are you on HN instead of sharing your bad opinions with your friends in person? You have zero reason to be online, conversations existed before the internet, you know...
- e0a74c 5y ago

breakfastduck 5y ago

You're suggesting that just 'not using it' is simply not an option or?

dade_ 5y ago

There are alternatives, but due to their bad business practices ( such as illegally collecting and selling their massive database of user data, and probably things I’d never think of) impossible to overtake. Consider existing brand awareness, and ongoing massive marketing spend.

hn_throwaway_99 5y ago
I highly doubt any of the primary other gay dating apps have significantly better data collection practices.