• moondog [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    So but fr is Temu safe/okay to use in :western-world-emoji: ? I’ve heard bad things about it like they’re spying on you in the app and stuff but so does meta so shrug-outta-hecks

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        1 month ago

        As in, you’re saying it’s unsafe because you can’t reliably expect to deliver even half-decent quality products? Because that seems fair to me with how cheap the prices are. My mate ordered some cheap designed pins to put on his backpack which looked just fine, he quit the app because of le china spying porky-scared-flipped
        Idk what the behavioralist skinner box metaphor is supposed to imply.

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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          The app is constructed as a casino to exploit gambling addictions. It’s really, realy, really aggressively trying to hijack your brain using gambling mechanics and every other dirty trick.

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      I don’t know about Temu but I use AliExpress frequently in lieu of getting the same item from a reseller on Amazon. Over the years I’ve had a couple of things just not show up ever, but that’s rare - most of the time everything goes as expected. I tend to pick items that have photos from reviewers, and I don’t buy stuff that goes into my mouth/otherwise enters my body.

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      You can just use their website and be 100% sure that way.

      You can also make a separate phone profile to install it to assuming you’re on Android.

      Generally speaking they’re just collecting whatever info your phone will give to them and they’re going to use it for marketing purposes. They have zero power to do anything to you outside of slightly more targeted marketing. The “spying” is things like making a list of what other apps you’re running.