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Grindr trials premium $500 per month plan to become 'AI-first' app
- dqv 7mo agoOk y'all wrap it up, it's a bubble. I can definitely see portions of the userbase paying $500/month to use AI to screen out "fats and fems" tho
- Deukhoofd 7mo agoApps that are focused on human connection sound to me like they're the absolute worst target for going 'AI-first'
- maininformer 7mo agoGrindr would be exempt by that token then
- Melonai 7mo agoGrindr is about a lot of things but human connection is... not one of them. Except if you mean that kind of quite literal "connection".
- e1ghtSpace 7mo ago"Powered by gAI™" I wonder if it would be worth creating an app that just sends you on dates using AI. Like, you don't even get to look at the other person's profile. Then afterwards you would report to the app whether you would go on another date with the person you just went out with or not.
- suzzer99 7mo agoOr just have your AI and their AI go on a date and report back how it went.
- bonesss 7mo agoWell, 3 dates, so that the AIs can figure out if their MCP integrations are compatible without feeling too rushed or cheap about it.
- hleszek 7mo agoIsn't that a Black Mirror episode?
- piva00 7mo agoIt's also the premise of the show Soulmates. Another instance of "Don't Create the Torment Nexus" from the too tech-minded people.
- joshstrange 7mo ago“Hang the DJ” S04E04 I really liked that episode, it wasn’t quite as dark as some episodes IMHO.
- rich_sasha 7mo agoTo be honest, sadly, I think you're onto something. I can imagine the AI agents chatting to each other, figuring out what you like. I can see the chain of thought going "I can't say XYZ is lazy and rough, instead I'll say he saves his energy for what really matters, and lives to the full". So many apps are just image attractiveness scoring plus some superficial conversation with pleasantries, which are both things AI do well at.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 7mo agoIt's also the plot to "Her". People fall in love with AI, but then the AIs start dating each other AIs and dump the humans.
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- ghtaylor 7mo agoThink what you want, but trademarking "gAI" is quite the flex
- RupertSalt 7mo agoHow do you pronounce that? I suppose, either way, they win!
- nusl 7mo agoGay-i perhaps
- manugo4 7mo agoGoogle invented it first. g.ai
- xg15 7mo agoAlso EDGE... The whole thing could be a decent April's fool setup. A pity its February.
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- mbix77 7mo agoWhy has the world not made an open-source zero trust dating app? It's such a basic need it seems for people, but the current app landscape is filled with scams, dark patterns, selling your data, trying to keep you locked in,...
- embedding-shape 7mo agoHaven't seen any "zero trust" dating apps but there are plenty of free ones (some operating with a "donations" model, like duolicious). How do you envision a zero trust dating app to work in practice?
- woooooo 7mo agoI'm guessing it gets overrun by spam, scams and porn bots even faster if its a low budget community thing.
- rwmj 7mo agoNot to mention the gigantic legal iceberg the first time someone is attacked or worse after meeting through the app.
- Almondsetat 7mo agoIf I'm going out with someone the last thing I'd want is zero trust. In fact, I'd want the platform to thoroughly confirm everyone's identity
- OJFord 7mo agoI'm not sure if I don't understand your comment, or you're misunderstanding 'zero trust': > implemented by establishing identity verification, validating device compliance prior to granting access, and ensuring least privilege access to only explicitly-authorized resources. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_trust_architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_trust_architecture
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- christkv 7mo agolol wut. What exactly is the AI doing for 500 USD a month? New AI features include recaps of previous conversations with other users, daily personalised profile recommendations and profile insights to help users identify who they are more likely to be compatible with. so basically bullshit? how thirsty do you have to be do pay for this?
- bondarchuk 7mo agoSortition, you get to date with other people who also have 500 bucks to spare. Any features you get are just window dressing.
- Iulioh 7mo agoBut would you date someone who WOULD spend 500 bucks on a dating app? IIRC Tinder premium was cheaper the more attractive you are, because if you attract more people you are less likely to buy it.
- bambax 7mo ago> app that helps you connect with less effort and makes every conversation count What makes things count is most often precisely the effort spent on them.
- ra 7mo agoI guess you're not the target market
- antisthenes 7mo agoTarget market being whales who don't engage in critical thinking much?
- torginus 7mo agothis is like when companies go we take your privacy extremely seriously, now hand over your personal data that we should have no business accessing
- gib444 7mo agoGrindr is trash. It's mostly full of desperate incompatible people (i.e. same sexual position, mostly passives), open couples who just want dopamine hits and other time-wasters. Good luck with offering a $500 sub! You'd actually be better off spending $500/mo on an escort or two. Surely they've realised at that price point, that's a serious competitor
- seydor 7mo agoIt's like paying streetwalkers, but Grindr is their pimp. One could make the argument that they re taking advantage pf them
- embedding-shape 7mo agoIs this argument specific to Grindr or you just dislike any dating app? FWIW I'd personally think most dating apps are taking advantage of people one way or another.
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- ladidahh 7mo agoThis has to be the most effective ad campaign they have done, I have seen some variation of this story on every platform I use. I don't think the brand has a lot of goodwill, but my awareness has gone through the roof due to this AI push
- rsynnott 7mo agoI'd argue that they don't need an ad campaign, tbh. Everyone already knows it exists; in regions where it's popular it's generally due to the lack of a decent local competitor. As you say, no-one really _likes_ Grindr.
- thomond 7mo agoWhy would they even need an genAI? Grindr isn't even a dating site, it's a hookup site. A few if statements would do it.
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- hsbauauvhabzb 7mo agoGrindr is well past enshittified. I do wish them luck selling ai to all 5 of their users though.
- falloutx 7mo agoGrindr is next Google. Sometimes when I need to search something, I dont even open google or chatGPT, i just type into the DMs of someone and they refuse to answer.
- falloutx 7mo agoThis is actually a genius level move from Grindr. Anthropic/OpenAI can only dream of the stable userbase like this. Few years ago I even suggested they should add actual brainstorming and prototyping features like Framer for bros to discuss their business ideas. Dopamine rush of grindr notification into my AI chats would literally be insane levels of productivity.
- rsynnott 7mo ago> Few years ago I even suggested they should add actual brainstorming and prototyping features like Framer for bros to discuss their business ideas. It appears that you have a productivity fetish. Fortunately, there's already a hookup app for people with that particular kink; it's called LinkedIn.
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- cultofmetatron 7mo agoFor $500 a month... 1. you can hire a personal trainer and get shredded 2. you can hire a nutritionist and eat healthier food 3. you can take up an expensive hobby that makes you a more interesting person 4. you can take a online course and learn a skill to increase your income. Any of the above will increase your chances of attracting someone vs whatever timesink this is.
- pgsandstrom 7mo agoYou might not fully grasp what Grindr is all about...
- ortusdux 7mo agoI'd imagine the results of steps 1 & 2 would have a high ROI on Grindr
- rsynnott 7mo agoAnother gay hookup app surveyed its user base on this a while back. Spoiler, user base is lukewarm at best on the ol' magic robots, unlikely to pay $500/month for them: https://www.romeo.com/en/blog/ai_and_gay_dating/ https://www.romeo.com/en/blog/ai_and_gay_dating/ Minor caveat is that Romeo is mostly only big in Europe, and Europe _does_ tend a bit more AI-sceptical than everywhere else. But, still, not looking great.
- RajT88 7mo ago> gAI I cannot speak to the app or this service tier, but this company has some great pun writers. A+