Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoShopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claimsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square237fedilinkarrow-up1880arrow-down123cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmit.onlineprivacy@lemmy.world
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minus-squareRozhkiNozhki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80arrow-down3·6 months agoTemu is absolute cancer in terms of business practices so no surprise here at all.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·6 months agoCancer in terms of, well, everything.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down6·6 months agoBut it’s cheap.
minus-squareteegus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·6 months agoIf I wanted garbage I could get it for free from the roadside
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoWhy is Temu so popular then?
minus-squareteegus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·6 months agoBecause 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.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·6 months ago…and it’s cheap.
Temu is absolute cancer in terms of business practices so no surprise here at all.
Cancer in terms of, well, everything.
But it’s cheap.
Cheap cancer
If I wanted garbage I could get it for free from the roadside
Why is Temu so popular then?
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.
…and it’s cheap.