Nope Nope Nope. I do not want the government having that data. Knowing our governments, they will contract this to third parties who will almost certainly sell that data.
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misk@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
My now long standing belief is that dating apps should be nationalised. It makes so much sense it’s hard to argue against.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
misk@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
I know this is my most crackpot take and I usually ease people into the concept by listing increasingly novel business types that need to be nationalised :P
I’m putting this in the air so that people can start thinking what a modern services could be provided by a healthy social democratic system. If I can convince capitalists that nationalising card processing is beneficial to everyone then one day I’ll convince y’all to nationalise Valve.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 week ago
I’d much sooner see electricity and telecom nationalized. Dating apps are just a racket and unnecessary.
misk@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
I agree in regards to priority obviously but imagine that you have a dating app that doesn’t exist to extract every last cent out of you and is ran by people who are graded by amount of successful matches. There’s a huge crisis of solitude among younger people and technology is not the only reason for it. It can help a bit though.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 week ago
The last time I used a dating app was 2016. There’s no authenticity there. I remember being on the porch with my girlfriend and us roasting people on Tinder. It’s a farce.
misk@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Mine was 2018 and I’m still with that girl I met on Tinder.