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Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 77 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Temu is absolute cancer in terms of business practices so no surprise here at all.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 5 months ago

Cancer in terms of, well, everything.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

But it's cheap.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Cheap cancer

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If I wanted garbage I could get it for free from the roadside

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why is Temu so popular then?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because people get dopamine from shopping, even if it's garbage. It causes enormous amounts of waste, because most of the crap isn't used much if at all. They just make it look good on the product page.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

…and it’s cheap.