Grindr - Gay Dating & Chat

Grindr has been a decently consistent resource for hookups for me over the last 9-10 years, but I have to say that the cost has gotten to be more steep than I feel it’s worth. That really started ramping up once they became a publicly traded company. Gotta please Wall Street, don’t ya know?!? For the record, I’m not Marxist in any way and support the free market, but still, it’s always the same thing when companies go public. Their customers get hosed for quarterly earnings numbers. Yes, I still pay for the premium version because I can’t stand adds and limits on my app usage, but sticker shock is still there. I guess Wall Street knows that sex definitely sells and that’s definitely what this app is for. I suppose it’s possible that some people form friendships or relationships from Grindr meets, but that’s almost certainly the exception and not the rule. Anywho, the constant barrage of app updates that have been seen over the last couple of years has never lived up to their promised hype. The most recent update has made the app glitchy as can be in fact, it’s so glitchy that I haven’t used it but a couple of times in the last week. I look for hookups nearly every day and I’m using a web-based app called Sniffies that seems to be where it’s at these days. Not sure if I’ll renew or not next go around.

Would love an unlimited membership, but it’s overpriced. And the one thing I don’t understand is if it’s $40 a month why is one week 2399 for unlimited that doesn’t make any sense. if it was $10 a week I’d consider maybe trying it. there is a lot more guys I see on this app then I’ve seen on some other ones, but some of them are fake and there’s a lot of headless profiles on here. in this day and age anything without a face shouldn’t be allowed on an app in my opinion, even if you’re in the closet or trying to be discreet or whatever sorry then you should have your face picture locked up and your profile locked up. and the only way you’d be able to advertise is to open your pictures to somebody if you don’t wanna show your face. your whole profile should be not available for any of us to see. You should only be contacting people if you want to remain anonymous. For the rest of us that don’t care it should be clear headshot, and those should be the rules for this app no blank profiles no pictureless profiles no bull. and the picture should be verified like they are on the Scruff app to make sure it’s a real person. again, Grindr think about the prices. It’s way too much. prices should be lowered and still include some ads that way you make money still. The ads dont bother me. I think a fair price for your unlimited subscription would be $20 a month. ditch the extra nobody wants half of a membership. this app has the potential to being a really great app if things were to change.

I see a lot of bad reviews about how grindr is dangerous and they don’t care about their users. Let’s be clear, if ppl weren’t using Grindr to target victims then they’d use phone hotlines or personal ads or dark alleys. Ppl are dangerous. Apps are just a tool they abuse. Also I don’t agree that grindr doesn’t care about its users, but we definitely take a backseat to at least one thing- money. Grindr doesn’t wanna give you the best dating app experience, they want you to PAY for the best dating app experience. companies are meant to make money, but you shouldn’t bait or lower the quality of the product to entice your customers to upgrade. And the prices are ridiculous. But honestly, my biggest issue is with navigating the app. You Tap to cycle thru pics and to see a pic in full size and you swipe to see another profile then you gotta hit that tiny little arrow to get back to the main screen. Am I the only one that takes 3-4 attempts minimum to hit that arrow and get back to the grid screen? If I wanted to blindly swipe I’d be on tinder. I’d love the swipe to function like Instagram so it just takes you back to where you were.. anyway I recently started using the app again after months of inactivity and I expected to see some new and improved features but all I got was the same old features I hate, plus exciting new ones (that only cost $20!). Grindr needs to make some changes y’all want to survive. The marketplace is vastly different than when y’all started