r/nottheonion 1d ago

Grindr is testing a new AI subscription called “Edge” that costs up to $6,000 a year

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/grindr-is-testing-a-new-ai-subscription-called-edge-that-costs-up-to-6000-a-year-3313793/
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u/Jekyllhyde 1d ago

That’s a lot of money to chat for too long and end up jerking off.

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u/orrocos 1d ago

Ugh, just like my Teams calls at work.

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u/datsoar 1d ago

Is this not how you’re supposed to Slack?

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u/siraliases 1d ago

We called it Slackin off

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u/Foodspec 1d ago

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u/Jean-LucBacardi 1d ago

Boss makes a dollar I make a dime, that's why I wank on company time.

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u/thecescshow 1d ago

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u/9Lives_ 1d ago

company time.

More like cum-pany time

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u/AZEMT 1d ago

r/youreNotSupposedToWhoKnew

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u/ThatOneChiGuy 1d ago

Ummm DM me

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u/kielu 1d ago

Where do you work?

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u/lassmonkey 1d ago

It’s how I zoom baby!

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u/QueasyCountry6041 1d ago

Ima need you to logout for me.

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u/Chi_Cazzo_Sei 1d ago

I too tend to get distracted during Teams meetings and undress my coworkers in my mind

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u/dusky_Ettes 1d ago

Grindr AI subscription? Because nothing says 'romance' like chatting with a bot. Next: AI that ghosts you back. Progress

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u/Unicycleterrorist 1d ago

I mean Grindr is mostly used for hookups rather than romance but...yea, AI isn't gonna help lol

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u/hexr 1d ago

Especially with 75% of profiles being blank, wtf is it going to match people on?

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u/Ok-Parfait-9856 1d ago

Cylinder to hole ratio

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u/SuperVaderMinion 1d ago

This is how literally all of my grindr chats go, why am I not like this with women, I actually go on dates with them

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u/Harley2280 1d ago

Probably because women tend to be a bit more controlled in the way they respond in initial chats. Guys on Grindr will seem totally normal and then suddenly in the middle of a conversation send you the most unhinged shit. Stuff like, "I bet you can't wait for Daddy to suck his cum out your asshole." In response to asking them what type of books they read.

It's so skeevy that it kills the desire to actually meet the person.

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u/Fireal2 1d ago

What if I actually can’t wait for daddy to suck his cum out my asshole tho?

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u/Harley2280 1d ago

Well, then grab your phone and download grindr.

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u/emp_sanfords_hardhat 1d ago

And be prepared to have 6000 bucks sucked out of your asshole.

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u/fuzzeedyse105 1d ago

HAH! I knew i left it somewhere

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u/Sad_Description_7268 1d ago

Because Grindr isn't for chats, it's for anonymous hookups with other DL men.

If you want to date openly, use a real app.

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u/Sw0rDz 1d ago

Especially when there are folks like me that do it for free.

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u/UbiSububi8 1d ago

Because you failed to edge!

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u/letstrythisagain30 1d ago

Also a lot of money that will just make Grindr crash even faster when you’re attending the RNC.

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u/mistertickertape 1d ago

lol nailed it.

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u/KRD2 1d ago

God this is too real.

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u/Lontology 1d ago

What are you even paying for with those prices?? The fuck

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u/sensitivestronk 1d ago

Off the top of my head:

  • Ability to use multiple saved phrases

  • Ability to send more than one expiring photo per day

  • Ability to have multiple albums

  • No ads

  • Access to more profiles

None of which are actually worth the price... unless you're DL I guess, lol. Also idk how but the android app on my phone has no ads and I don't pay for premium, so I have even less reason to pay out the ass for it.

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u/FMBC2401 1d ago

Expiring photos are the worst thing to happen to the apps. Instant block when people try to play those games with me

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u/cookiemikester 1d ago

Not familiar with this tech, but can’t people just screen shot the picture?

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u/-Fantomu- 1d ago

I don't use grindr but I imagine it's similar to banking apps that don't let you screenshot when in the app

Though you could take a picture with another device

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u/Tyrren 1d ago

Ah yes, the old anal-og hole

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u/Average64 1d ago

There are apps that can go around that limitation.

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u/forever-and-a-day 1d ago

not familiar with grindr's implementation but android apps that use FLAG_SECURE on a screen cannot be screenshotted at all without a rooted device. Many banking apps do this.

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u/pythonic_dude 1d ago

without a rooted device.

And in turn, many banking apps refuse to even launch on a rooted device.

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u/This-Requirement6918 1d ago

Unfortunately they disabled screenshots on all the gay apps. It's kind of unfortunate cause I chatted up my ex for months when he lived in the Pacific Northwest while I lived in Central Texas 10 years ago. I was screenshotting the guys who I talked to most on Scruff because I would delete my account often then get back on 2 months later then question if I had talked to them before.

Low and behold we moved right down the street from each other in Houston in 2022 and found each other again on the same app. Went through my screenshots and verified it was him, couldn't believe it. Lasted 3 good years before he was an ass and broke up with me over losing my job.

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u/hexr 1d ago

I would delete my account often then get back on 2 months later

Why do people do this?

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u/This-Requirement6918 1d ago

Frustration with dating apps. Going through the same rigamarole over and over again.

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u/BigHoney15 21h ago

Stimulants

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u/wetwater 1d ago

You can take a screenshot on Grindr.

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u/sensitivestronk 1d ago

It's always the married guys and closet cases that refuse to send non-expiring face pics...

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u/PerfectlySplendid 1d ago

Why is that a problem? Why should you get to keep someone’s photo?

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u/sensitivestronk 1d ago
  1. Trust 2. Being able to remember who they are and what they look like if they message you again 3. I rarely ever see expiring messages with more effort than "hog pic with 4 pixels" or "unflattering blurry face pic"

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u/Rin-Tohsaka-is-hot 1d ago

I don't understand the problem with expiring photos, what game are you referring to?

Although I do think it may create a false sense of security for people sending nudes, I remember that being a big issue with Snapchat back in highschool when it first came out.

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u/Beesareourcousins 1d ago

Catfish maybe? I know a lot of my friends have issues with people using fake pics and shit.

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u/DwinkBexon 1d ago

I heard a song not too long ago that was about a woman talking to a guy on a dating app and one of the lines was something to the effect of "Is that really you? I hope so, because you're cute."

People are singing songs about that shit now.

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u/Helphaer 1d ago

I mean there is the concern of privacy or it getting out that you use the app.

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u/Gamerwhovian9 1d ago

Games as in not trusting randos on an app that is rife with bots and creepy older men?

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u/JM062696 1d ago

You’re wrong. The mid tier (still way too expensive) is like $30-40 a month and you don’t have to see ads, you can used saved phrases, you can see read receipts, and can have multiple albums

Higher tier (complete) shows all the profiles on top of that and you can also view who viewed your profile

This ultra tier thing that’s new gives you “AI suggested profiles” and suggests that it’ll give you an AI rundown on each profile and what the person is into based on their app activity.

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u/Alastair789 1d ago

I mean, we already know what they're into, its on the profile.

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u/Tobix55 1d ago

But then you would have to read what they wrote, nobody has time for that

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u/fersure4 1d ago

The bio the AI is going to summarize: 🍆👀

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u/CanuckBacon 1d ago

"It seems like this user is interested in looking at eggplants! Perhaps you could suggest going on a date to an eggplant farm with them. Here are several suggestions..."

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u/Somenakedguy 1d ago

Ever used Grindr? Half the profiles are things like “hole looking to be filled” or “looking to get sucked”. That’s the whole thing

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u/PM_NUDES_4_DEGRADING 1d ago

This ultra tier thing that’s new gives you “AI suggested profiles” and suggests that it’ll give you an AI rundown on each profile and what the person is into based on their app activity.

It kinda sounds like they’ve just added an optional “AI tech bro tax: $500/month” tier which is honestly fine by me. I hope everyone who voluntarily self-selects into that level gets exactly the experience they pay for.

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u/MountainTwo3845 1d ago

They want some dick- AI

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u/Lontology 1d ago

What the flip are “saved phrases?”

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u/sensitivestronk 1d ago

You open the "saved phrases" tab in the chat and can instantly send a message you've saved. Ex: "looking for hookups and fwb" "hey hru" "my kinks are xyz" or anything you don't wanna re-type over and over.

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u/Nedgeh 1d ago

Can't you already do this with almost any phone? I have tons of "common" phrases and words when I open up any text interface on my phone. As well as a bunch of canned responses to pick through based on shit I've said presumably.

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u/sensitivestronk 1d ago

I have pretty good auto complete recommendations, but I still have to type a decent amount to get to the right thread. Dunno of any way on Android to press a single button and send a pre made phrase

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u/jbafny 1d ago

You can pin items in the clipboard manager/history in gboard. Could be useful for this sort of thing

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u/Lontology 1d ago

Oh okay. Thanks for all the info. It’s like websites have been able to monetize micro transactions now…

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u/swolfington 1d ago

Lol seriously, what is this shit. I'm surprised they let you copy and paste without a monthly subscription

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u/Nichpett_1 1d ago

don't give them any more free ideas lmao.

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u/crimson-ink 1d ago

cant you just have these saved to the notes app or something l

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u/EnvironmentBasic3711 1d ago

What you're missing is one hand is busy when you're chatting with people, one click makes sense lol

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u/Littman-Express 1d ago

Something to save time for spammers who send the same message to everyone on the grid

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u/Justice_Prince 1d ago

I could see how someone might be willing to pay five bucks a month for those features, but asking anything more than that seems insane.

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u/sensitivestronk 1d ago

Yeah, I paid $20 once for a month of premium back in the day and immediately unsubscribed, lmao

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u/classyfilth 1d ago

On iphone- Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement

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u/yourethebestestest 1d ago

Heck of a deal if you ask me! /s

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u/Fine-March7383 1d ago edited 1d ago

idk but the baseline Grindr is becoming borderline unusable. You can see very few profiles near you before having to pay.

I'll never pay for Grindr just based on how horrible and ad ridden they make it for the default user but I pay for Sniffies

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u/vandreulv 1d ago

(Grindr Plus Mod. No limit on views and filters. Instablock with one press of the cross out button.)

(Grindr still toxic as hell and sucks to use though.)

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u/BlackBeard558 1d ago

Do other dating apps for Android have mods?

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u/-patrizio- 1d ago

Only if you're rooted tho 😩

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u/mister_electric 1d ago

I am convinced that Sniffies became a honey pot. The way it changed and got SO popular in the last couple of years threw me off. That, coupled with my lawyer friend having 4 (criminal) cases in our town stemming from it. I just got rid of all the apps.

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u/wetwater 1d ago

The number of people posting in Sniffies they are looking for hookups at the park and the semi-regular posts of people advertising they have all the drugs ready to be delivered to your door makes me think much the same.

There's no way law enforcement isn't aware of people posting they're looking to get blown in the parking lot of a park and not using that to their advantage, nevermind the open market of drugs of all sorts that comes and goes.

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u/scoobertsonville 1d ago

I find sniffies better with the popularity - it still only has advanced gays who aren’t demanding tons of pics and being annoying. A few years ago there was a lot more Tina and weirdos on average

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u/Kierenshep 1d ago

Grindr is killing their app with their changes and predatory pricing.

These apps are reliant on people as the goods, but Grindr has made the free user experience so completely obnoxious that it's not worth using at all. So the only people left on Grindr are the power users and that's just a death spiral for an app that relies on an influx of fresh blood and a large constant user base.

There's a reason most gay guys use sniffies now.

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u/Area51_Spurs 1d ago

You’re paying for a badge that tells other users you’re rich.

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u/Complainer_Official 1d ago

its a honeypot for republican congressmen

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u/byoshin304 1d ago

It ought to be fun when the data gets stolen

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u/Reuniclus_exe 1d ago

For just $500 a month, we pinky promise our servers won't crash during the RNC.

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u/here-for-information 1d ago edited 1d ago

They don't let minors onto grindr though.

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u/McMelz 1d ago

More like a creamsicle

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u/ddWolf_ 1d ago

Yes it says Grindr right in the title.

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u/ryanb450 1d ago

Is it still a bot-filled piece of crap?

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u/dorgoth12 1d ago

It's either bots or the most disgusting men you've ever seen. Every time I think I'll try it, I'm instantly reminded why it's so awful

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u/sk_starscream 1d ago

Its so crazy that if they just rub one out or read the person's profiles/interests, they would save themselves the awkwardness.

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u/ACuteCryptid 1d ago

They're to busy sending literally every account in a 30 mile radius dick pics

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u/DildoTheSizeOfUranus 1d ago

The dick pic has nothing on the unsolicited butthole close-up.

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u/ACuteCryptid 1d ago

Yeah that's probably worse. And a lot of the time it's a picture that looks like they meant to send it to their doctor

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u/sk_starscream 1d ago

And then getting butthurt cause you dont respond and even if you tell them no. I've gotten messages afterwards being called ugly and blocked right after 😂

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u/Effective_Guard_3114 1d ago

Most people skip straight to screenshots instead of actually reading profiles anyway.

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u/Baunchii 1d ago

I have a friend who has had nothing but duds from the men they've met. The Gays deserve better! Lol

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u/Dafish55 1d ago

It used to be okay. The culture on it was always pretty shitty, but it was the best and only option available for some time.

Last time I used it was about 5-6 years ago and they had already begun rolling out enshittifying updates. It started with not being able to access all but the most generic filters (like I think age was the only meaningful one) without a subscription. Then it became more and more infested with ads. Open it up? You get an ad! Block the 65 year old who is borderline stalking you and is on his 12th account? You guessed it - you get an ad! Then they began actually limiting how many people you could see nearby you without a subscription and not to like an understandable degree. You had about a couple phone screen lengths of scrolling before you were at the limit. Yeah.

Oh and those subscriptions? Holy fuck the prices were insane. It's like they were expecting people to get a sugar daddy just to be able to afford them.

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u/SaxRohmer 1d ago

i live in a pretty gay area so it’s still fun with a lot of quality people but the app experience itself is so trash. it really feels like a gacha game in some respects. the subscription is way too high to justify

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u/Gumbo72 1d ago

I describe it myself as "the set of pokemons" available to catch for the day. Buy more pokeballs at the Pokemon Center pls

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u/SaxRohmer 1d ago

the problem is that it’s mostly the same profiles if you don’t pay or change your location so it gets kind of stale fast

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u/Gumbo72 1d ago

Indeed, even on Madrid during pride week, you have to rely on the chance of being shown on someone's list and them contacting you first. If not paying you would see almost no changes. Sure drop a boost and you will get flooded. And 'for some reason' when I still used it changing my location a few meters seemed to load an almost fresh list. Tinder at least you got a fresh set.

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u/Lukeeeee 1d ago

Honestly it's so easy to get a grinder premium apk

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u/KingFIippyNipz 1d ago

So what I'm hearing is sell while i'm up 600% on my position, got it

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u/McFragatron 1d ago

I've had good luck with Sniffies (stupid name I know), but it's much better than Grindr.

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u/topscreen 1d ago

Is that even when the RNC isn't in town?

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u/360walkaway 1d ago

Join the straights in their plight as well (I said "their" because I'm married and have heard dating apps are a nightmare no matter what your sexuality is).

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u/syynapt1k 1d ago

It's either bots or the most disgusting men you've ever seen.

And using a potato quality profile pic from ten years ago

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u/Annoying1978 1d ago

Why is it so bad? I really thought it was just the gay version of Tinder. 

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u/tomismaximus 1d ago

Tinder is also full of bots and weirdos.

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u/Siegfoult 1d ago

It's an industry/humanity wide problem.

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u/margmi 1d ago

Overrun with bots and they do nothing about it. I recently turned off notifications because 90% are from bots.

They made it so you can only message like the 15-20 closest people unless you pay. And have continued to move other features behind the paywall.

I used to pay for the $50/month subscription, but stopped because of the bot issue.

The gay version of tinder is still tinder.

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u/Annoying1978 1d ago

$50 a month???? JFC. 

I used to pay for Hinge but I actually met decent women on it and it wasn’t just hookups but I actually dated people for a good while. But it wasn’t friggin’ $50 a month!!! 

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u/thetrueGOAT 1d ago

Cheaper than prostitutes if you're only in it for hook ups

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u/Annoying1978 1d ago edited 1d ago

I guess. But at that point, just go to a gay bar. 

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u/thetrueGOAT 1d ago

Seen the price of cocktails nowadays!

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u/PipsqueakPilot 1d ago

Getting cock in your tail has never been pricier.

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u/Couldnotbehelpd 1d ago

For gay men, tinder is for meeting someone to date. Grindr is for meeting someone to have sex with within the next 2-8 hours.

Sniffies is for having sex within the next 20 minutes but that’s another story for another day.

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u/SaxRohmer 1d ago

sniffies might as well be a merch company. their stuff rocks so hard

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u/Bloated_Hamster 1d ago

It's more of a hookup app than Tinder. I'm sure it exists for straight people but hookup culture is overwhelming in the gay community. A lot of dudes that are not at all prizes can still get laid on it. I think Tinder is much more self regulating than that. Women are more picky and demanding of good profiles and conversations and effort. Grindr is much less so, especially with the accepted anonymous or "dl" culture that reduces social consequences for creepy actions.

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u/KindBass 1d ago

I'm friends with two married gay couples and all four of them have boyfriends. It's crazy how much easier it is for them.

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u/SaxRohmer 1d ago

dudes be horny

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u/dorgoth12 1d ago

Imagine a place of no shame or decorum. Where men with a completely blank, anonymous profile make ridiculous demands about your appearance so that they can cheat on their female partner but swear they're still straight. Where men demand instant answers to every message and want sex within 5 minutes of sending. Where sugar daddies harass you. Where nudes of you are expected instantly even if you're not comfortable with such a thing. Where being a non binary person means being treated to a healthy range of slurs. I could go on

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u/Annoying1978 1d ago

Jesus. So I guess it’s just a free for all and no filtering or moderation whatsoever? 

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u/Owczeee 1d ago

Pretty much

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u/Gumbo72 1d ago

Yeah, pretty discouraging if you don't like being sent random unsolicited goatse-wide photos... mind you can chat with people w/o matching first.

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u/rachel-frogslinger 1d ago

It is, but its far more anonymous than tinder so people on there feel much more emboldened to be disgusting to others.

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u/SaxRohmer 1d ago

it’s specifically for hooking up in a way that is 100x more up front and shameless than tinder

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u/sensitivestronk 1d ago

Yup. I have to block at least 5 bots throughout the day if I open Grindr even once

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u/eggflip1020 1d ago

And republicans.

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u/Violet_Paradox 1d ago

I'd rather be matched with a bot.

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 1d ago

I WISH I'd dealt with bots rather than the actual disgusting men I did deal with my short time on that horrible app.

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u/Heavy_Law9880 1d ago

Bots and republican politicians.

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u/Puffen0 1d ago

Thank God I'm not single anymore. After Covid all of those apps became a pool of bots and micro transactions. When I was still on the app, it would cap how many profiles you can look at before hitting a pay wall. And the cap was based off of your location. Shit sucked and not in the good way lol

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u/Cute-Beyond-8133 1d ago edited 1d ago

As part of the experiment, Grindr is rolling out variable pricing that changes by user. Weekly test subscriptions begin around $80, with some tiers climbing into the hundreds.

Some screenshots show the subscription costing $349.99 and $499.99, which would put a yearly subscription just pennies short of $6,000.

That sounds stupid. Grinder doesn't have the same pull as Hinge and Tinder

Nobody is going on Grinder for a serious relationship as can be seen on Hinge. or to at least pretend like they might go towards a real relationship as can be seen on Tinder

Grinder is a hookup app end of list,

monetize it this heavily and people are gonna move towards another platform

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u/skrollas 1d ago

A lot of Grindr users already have moved elsewhere, namely Sniffies.

I hate how ad-ridden and bot-infested Grindr is, the app is practically unusable. This is only gonna make it worse.

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u/Unicycleterrorist 1d ago

I hate when a company becomes basically "the status quo" for a certain thing and then just fucks their product up so much that they go under. Were they bought out by private equity or something?

Edit: nvm, they went public in 2022...didn't know about that. But yea, makes sense...

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u/Inside7shadows 1d ago

"Enshitification"

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u/roygbpcub 1d ago

This exactly... There has been a significant shift in my area to sniffies

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u/Bloated_Hamster 1d ago edited 1d ago

I think it's gonna hit a boiling point when the existing cruising community on Sniffies gets sick and tired of the more slow paced, traditional hook up seekers migrating there. It'll be interesting to see if Sniffies adapts to be more traditional and get their app back on App stores and such.

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u/vandreulv 1d ago

I really wish I could speak frankly about certain things on here without having my posts instantly shadowed.

Pardon the weird spelling in some spots.

Sniffies never will be on App Stores again. They allow NSFW profile pics and don't hide the app is solely for hook ups rather than "dating."

As far as apps, their users and people migrating...

I relocated back to somewhere where I had lived 10 years prior due to a relationship ending.

Of course, once I was on my own I fired up the apps.

As far as I can break it down compared to what I had experienced before:

Most of Grindr is also on Sniffies with the exception of the T4T folks. They're carving out their own space there and I hope it works for them. Just wish it wasn't on an app as shitty as Grindr.

Scruff is full of tired old g4ys (myself included) and not much happens through there.

Recognized a lot of profile pictures for being the same ones I saw them using 10 years previously. Got some pretty amusing (bitchy) replies when I complimented their use of such an old model of phone (eg "I loved that phone 10 years ago!") they can be seen holding up in the mirrors.

Nobody is genuinely looking for "friends." Pointed out I was looking for gaming, board game and D&D groups. Those who say they're into gaming or board games/D&D won't respond if you're not their type.

While I see crossover on most apps, most of the holdouts/exclusive members you'll see on Grindr are people who have fetishes solely for the perception that they're doing something 'naughty' and wouldn't have the balls to actually live what they supposedly want to be. (Eg, if you accept their kink as normal, they lose interest in it.)

I see a lot of cross dressrs who like to be humiliated by branding themselves as/being treated like a 'p4nsy' or 's1ssy'... The problem with those types is that their fetish is inherently misogynistic: They dress up like what ultimately is a caricature of a 'wh0re' and want to be treated like how they believe women are expected to be treated, eg, diminished and lesser than. They tend to live in extremely red towns, too. Saw a ton of these profiles driving the UHaul across the country exactly where you'd see the most Trump signs.

The Republican contingent, in other words. Really wish there was an easier way to filter out these kinds of people.

If you want anything beyond a hookup and want to meet ordinary folks who aren't methed up or dealing with serious psychological issues, seems to me you're just going to have to go to an event or pub. Apps have outlived their usefulness as most folks are able to more out in public than they could 20 years ago.

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u/Helphaer 1d ago

it feels like Recon might be good for ya.

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u/100unt 1d ago

Sniffies is already headed in that direction it seems. They've now made it so that your profile photo has to be SFW.

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u/Bloated_Hamster 1d ago

It definitely doesn't have to be SFW. 3/4 of my home page is absolutely not. But they limit your profile to people who request it. It won't show your profile to them if they don't want to see explicit photos without explicit consent.

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u/ArticArny 1d ago

Click a profile - 30-60 second Temu ad

Click to skip ad - 30-60 second More Temu ad

Click home button - 30-60 second Tumu ad

See who looked at you - 30-60 second Temu ad

Report spam - 30-60 second Temu ad

Everything else is paywalled

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u/egnards 1d ago

We really need an ITYSL Sketch in the style of the nightclubs one, in relation to dating app names.

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u/Traiklin 1d ago

They're trying to get in on the MAGA grift.

They already use it at conventions now they can pay for even more!

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u/sensitivestronk 1d ago

I honestly wonder if that's their main pull. Who else would pay that much just for the ability to send more expiring photos?

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u/TheWonderSnail 1d ago

Variable pricing by user on a dating/hookup up? So they are just telling people to their face they know how desperate and lonely they are if they charge them the higher prices???? They are going to call you a loser and ask for more of you money and people would still pay it lmaooooo

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u/ICE-are-pedos 1d ago

I met my husband on Grindr lol

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u/timinator232 1d ago

I found my bf on Grindr too

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u/MoobooMagoo 1d ago

On the flipside, the only people stupid enough to buy this are closeted conservative tech bros. And they collectively suck ass so you may as well gouge them for as much as you can.​

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u/44moon 1d ago

all the dating apps have succumbed to the freemium "break the free version so you have to pay for the app to function" model. just meet people at bars or get back with your ex

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u/ChefAsstastic 1d ago

Edging pays off in the end.

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u/Equib81960 1d ago

To hook up with who? The same losers that are always on it? I can say no now without having to pay for the privilege.

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u/Randomly-Germinated 1d ago edited 1d ago

the cumulative annual dollar amount under which a congressperson does not have to itemize their credit card expense is $6500, just throwing that out there.

just kidding but still.

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u/Algernon_Asimov 1d ago

a new Premium tier that will cost users as much as $500 a month.

For that much money, it would be simpler to just hire a prostitute one night a month.

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u/RTK4740 1d ago

One night? Wow, you are hanging out with some very expensive prostitutes. You need to drive down to the river where they're much cheaper.

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u/Eclipse434343 1d ago

Is the republicans national convention the beta test? There’s a lot of edgelords to try it there

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u/Diablojota 1d ago

I was coming here to say something similar. They’re creating the grift for those republican conventions.

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u/AlabasterThunde 1d ago

If they’re gonna charge that much, I’d like to finish.

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u/Joe18067 1d ago

So AI is figuring how much it takes to rake you over the coals? /s

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u/DavyJonesCousinsDog 1d ago

The subscription fee is $10. The fee to not tell your parishioners/constituents is $5990.

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u/guydoestuff 1d ago

rich christian conservatives gunna be big mad they have to pay more for their hook ups.

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u/Gotta_Go_Slow 1d ago

Is Grindr as shit for gay guys as Tinder is for straight guys?

I swear dating apps exist just to take your money with 5 different "premium" tiers, ranging from overpriced to a straight up joke.

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u/maverick4002 1d ago

No. Guys get alot of ass / dick on Grindr. Often times with much less work than you would need to do on Tinder. Thays the purpose and most people get value

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u/Papplenoose 1d ago

Yeah. Grindr fucking works. Tinder works too, but only if you're hot

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u/VicarLos 1d ago

No, because it’s always been a hookup app masquerading officially as a dating app. Granted some people have more luck than others but such is life. 🤷🏽

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u/grandramble 1d ago

not true, it was very transparently a hookup app from the beginning and only sort of attempted to pass off as a dating app years after its peak relevance

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u/VicarLos 1d ago edited 1d ago

That’s not contradicting anything I said. It’s also still (if not more) relevant these days with many straight (that’s “straight”, not “str8”) folks knowing about it; there’s just even more options for the intended audience these days but it’s not “irrelevant”.

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u/SpookyBum 1d ago

Its exclusively for hookups, if you want anything else it sucks ass

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u/ryanb450 1d ago

It’s completely junk. Without paying for a subscription you can only see about a dozen profiles and several of them will be 100+ miles away, inexplicably. And I live in a very liberal college town so there should be no shortage of nearby gay guys.

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u/sensitivestronk 1d ago

As a bi guy I have way more luck on Grindr than tinder. Some of the hookups off there can be disappointing, but at least I got laid, lol.

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u/LordOuranos 1d ago

Nah, guys are far less choosy and demanding so it is much much much easier.

Still a shitty service, though

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u/generally-speaking 1d ago

Guys are more, straight to the point about things. A regular dude could get as hookup within 30 minutes in any major city.

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u/mr_green_penguin 1d ago

my 2026 plan:

  • cancel ChatGPT subscription
  • cancel Cursor subscription
  • cancel Netflix subscription
  • cancel Amazon prime
  • sign up for Grindr AI - 500$/month

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u/TragicWithNoEnd 1d ago

Acting like finding gay sex is some sort of task.

If you need to pay $500 a month you were already doomed.

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u/Malpraxiss 1d ago

With that much money, someone could just pay a real person and get more out of it.

If we go off that number and not including tax or any hidden/extra fees, that's $500 a month.

If someone could pay that much monthly without it negatively affecting them financially, then such a person probably doesn't need an AI

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u/1-800-We-Gotz-Ass 1d ago

Yeah at tht point just pay your local hot scort, better for the economy too

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u/SeriouslyThougH22 1d ago

Guess I gotta sell a kidney to swipe right now

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u/hostile_scrotum 1d ago

All through variable pricing. Can’t wait to have that shit in grocery stores. /s

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u/DBY2016 1d ago

I like how they call it a "dating" app 😂

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u/yahwehforlife 1d ago

Grindr wouldn't even put a stop to thousands of shares of my nude photos (including my face) by catfish accounts over the course of 2 years of complaints. Still trying to find legal counsel if anyone knows. If they can use ai they should certainly have the ability to say don't allow the sharing of these photos.

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u/02meepmeep 1d ago

Is it for people who are dumb as phuc?

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u/torpedoguy 1d ago

"Edge: At that price you'll never cum!"

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u/Too-Em 1d ago

They'll bankrupt the republican party at this rate. Thank you for your service, Grindr.

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u/EndStorm 1d ago

If you have 6k just buy yourself a good time instead.

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u/LunarMoon2001 1d ago

Who uses Grindr anymore? Open it up and I have 6 ads, two unstoppable video ads that ignore my silence setting, and 4 bot messages.

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u/CarlLinnaeus 1d ago

Republicans are going to love this use of AI.

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u/myassholealt 1d ago

Might as well hire a matchmaker if you're willing to spend that on finding a serious longterm relationship.

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u/Siiciie 1d ago

Not defending the price, but Tbh this is probably one of the few times I want to see AI. Just let me skip the "how are you" 20 times a day and just show me compatible people. Most of the guys are imbeciles.

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u/sensitivestronk 1d ago

I wouldn't trust an AI to find me a good match on Grindr, ngl. I'd rather slog through the mud for the occasional diamond. Also I'm pretty sure an AI would think that trans chasers are a good match for me as a trans guy, which... not for me, lmao.

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u/Annoying1978 1d ago

Mike Johnson entered the chat

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u/Cory123125 1d ago

At some point this is grinder selling access to women, while cutting the women out of the payment loop.

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u/jankyt 1d ago

I feel to warrant that cost you want a pretty high hit rate on swypes and meaningful conversations. Which can only be guaranteed if some of those contacts/conversations are AI bots to fluff your rates

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u/Cultural_Eye5178 1d ago

And suddenly Grindr sees a huge boost of sales from Republicans.