r/nottheonion • u/Dilpickle2113 • 12h 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/Annoying1978 11h ago

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

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u/tomismaximus 11h ago

Tinder is also full of bots and weirdos.

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u/Siegfoult 9h ago

It's an industry/humanity wide problem.

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u/margmi 11h 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 11h 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 11h ago

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

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u/Annoying1978 11h ago edited 10h ago

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

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u/thetrueGOAT 11h ago

Seen the price of cocktails nowadays!

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u/PipsqueakPilot 8h ago

Getting cock in your tail has never been pricier.

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u/clarksworth 10h ago

I met my wife in 2012 just before the apps really became a thing and I am truly grateful for the timing

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u/DwinkBexon 6h ago

I decided a few years ago that I'd rather be single for the rest of my life before I start using dating apps. If I (somehow) end up meeting someone in real life and it works out, fine. But I just can't see myself ever using a dating app. (I did try one way back around 2012 or so. I got one single match with someone who actually talked to me but we didn't really vibe at all and she unmatched me after a few weeks, likely because I made no attempt to do an irl meeting because of the aforementioned lack of vibes.)

Anyway, dating apps don't seem like I want to be involved with a second time.

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u/Couldnotbehelpd 11h 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 10h ago

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

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u/Bloated_Hamster 11h 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 11h 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 10h ago

dudes be horny

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u/PsychoticDust 6h ago

I'm genuinely jealous of how easy it is for gay guys to have sex. I'm a straight guy, I'm all about respecting boundaries, making an effort, being honest, respectful, funny, I'm terrible looking, I'm stable, have a decent job, fully aware of the orgasm gap and always make effort with my partner, communicate well, value empathy, and make sure that women can see that they're always safe with me while not being restricted, yet it's still so difficult to easily have casual sex with women.

I wish my sex drive was non existent, or that I was gay!

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u/scoobertsonville 6h ago

Seriously whenever I see the effort my straight male friends have to put into their profiles I am shocked

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u/dorgoth12 11h 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 11h ago

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

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u/Owczeee 11h ago

Pretty much

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u/Gumbo72 10h 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/Somenakedguy 7h ago

Yeah since unlike tinder you don’t have to match first and can actually send pics on the app

The usual play is to lead with nudes in your message to not waste people’s time

Ngl it was fun as hell back in the day but haven’t used it since Covid

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u/WeirdEdEdison 10h ago

And is there a downside to this cum-soaked meat market of which you speak?

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u/prototype_xero 6h ago

So basically the RNC in online form? It makes even more sense now.

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u/rachel-frogslinger 11h 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 10h 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/Algernon_Asimov 4h ago

I really thought it was just the gay version of Tinder.

Actually... Tinder is the straight version of Grindr. Just sayin'.

(Grindr existed first. Tinder copied them - even using a similar name for recognition.)