Dating apps have become popular in recent years. The Consumer Council selected 9 dating apps that are more popular among Hong Kong people for investigation and found that the charging items of each dating app vary greatly. Among them, Tinder has different fees for different age groups, and the 38-year-old group charges the highest , 40% higher than the 28-year-old group.
The voice dating program Goodnight has different tuition plans. The highest asking price exceeds 252,000 yuan. Users can get more "canned cat food" to increase exposure, have more opportunities for interaction, and "get top" to meet the opposite sex. More gifts, give gifts to your favorite objects to increase your favorability.
The Consumer Council reminds the public to be careful not to be deceived when using dating apps, and not to give any form of financial assistance to people they have never met.
In recent years, dating apps have become popular, which can help users meet friends or even love objects.
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The Consumer Council surveyed 9 popular dating apps in the latest issue of "Choice", namely Bumble, Coffee Meets Bagel, Goodnight, Heymandi, OkCupid, Omi, Paktor, SweetRing and Tinder, and found that all of them will store user personal information, preset Set for promotion or promotion, only 3 allow users to opt out.
Advanced subscription can have more functions to meet friends
In terms of fees, each dating program has a basic subscription and an advanced subscription. The former includes "correcting wrongly posted "dislikes"", "more likes", "expressing feelings to other users", and "increasing exposure". , the latter can "view users who have visited or liked their personal files", "explore more users", and "have more interactions with other users". Among them, Bumble provides a lifetime plan of 1,588 yuan. SweetRing’s VIP plan is 1,198 yuan, followed by Goodnight’s 999 yuan and OkCupid’s 942 yuan.
Goodnight offers different fee plans, the most expensive of which costs 250,000 yuan.
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Tinder charges more for 38-year-olds
The Council also found that prices on Tinder diverged, with three combinations of price differences among six accounts of different ages.
The account charged the highest price was a 38-year-old user, followed by 18 and 58-year-old users, and the lowest-paid account was a 28-year-old, 48-year-old, and 68-year-old user.
Based on a 12-month subscription period, when users aged 38 in the test subscribed to "Tinder Plus", "Tinder Gold", and "Tinder Platinum", the prices were lower than those of the lowest-paying groups (ie, 28, 48, 68 years) were nearly 34%, 21% and 42% higher, respectively.
Many dating apps have virtual props, but the prices are extremely different, some as low as 15 yuan, while Goodnight charges 252,200 yuan.
Check the charging plan on the Goodnight website, which includes more than 1.6 million "canned cats" for users to "explore more users", "have more interaction with other users", "view more information of other users", " Shorten the waiting time in line when pairing, etc., and you can even send gifts to your favorite objects.
Goodnight offers different fee plans, the most expensive of which is NT$1 million, equivalent to approximately HK$258,000.
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Dating app crimes by the police have increased by 1.8 times in the past 3 years
According to the Consumer Council, according to the records of the Police Force, the number of related crimes in 2019, 2020, and 2021 were 594, 905, and 1,659 respectively, an increase of nearly 1.8 times in the three years.
Many cases have shown that the scammers claim to be overseas professionals, and after defrauding the victim's affection and trust, they repeatedly ask for financial assistance from the victim for various reasons. The amount involved can reach millions or even hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars.
The Consumer Council recommends that before registering an account on a dating app, you should understand the methods of handling personal data; when using a dating app, you must be careful not to be deceived, and do not give any form of financial assistance to people you have never met; when you go to an appointment to meet, Personal safety should also be taken into account.
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