Comment on The Top 3 Apps in my Country (Venezuela) are all VPNs...

• possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Temu has a pretty sketchy history and some how manages to be so much worse than Amazon.

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  • NONE_dc@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Then why is so famous around the globe? 😭

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    • hendrik@palaver.p3x.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Because people like cheap stuff. Need a phone case? Harry Potter merchandise knockoffs, socks, a brush for your arts project? TEMU has that for $0.61, delivered to your door.

      And as far as I know it's sponsored by the Chinese government. They chip in with forced labor camps. And they also invested massively in advertising and making it a thing.

      I wouldn't buy from them. As far as I know the app is also spying on the users etc. But yeah, enough people seem to buy stuff there. I suppose it's cheap and convenient and people don't care.

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      • NONE_dc@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Isn’t Alibaba the same shit?

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    • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      So thing is, the Chinese have so much money that they’re just spending money on getting you to buy things. You can get things order things and get them delivered to your country for probably what they cost to make, maybe even less. Idea is to stifle western storefronts and marketplaces so everyone orders from Temu, Shein, etc.

      Like if I want to send something in my country, from one package locker to another, it’s 3-5€. By courier from my door to recipient’s door, it’s more like 10-20€. There’s a bunch of shit on these Chinese apps/websites that costs less than 1€ and shipping is included.

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    • kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Because it’s really cheap.

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