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Re:Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service by ChuckNorris89 on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @06:43AM (#24130524)
There is no right/wrong here, Tinder is a business, not a public square or a public service, you choose willingly to use their service so they can charge whatever they want, nobody is forcing you to use it.

Just like in a night club or country club, the house is free to set whichever memebership rules it wants, if you don't like them you are free to go somewhere else.

Unlike the jobs market, the dating market and its (discriminatory) dynamics is not something the government could regulate.

Re:Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service by Jestar342 on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @11:27AM (#24133003)
> There is no right/wrong here

Discrimination law strongly disagrees with you.

Re:Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service by shadowgovt on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @12:03PM (#24133414)
I believe this specific theory was tried, and rejected, by that lawyer who shot the husband and son of that federal judge.

http://www.roydenhollander.com/main/ladiesnightdc/LN_OrigCmp...

Re:Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @08:15AM (#24131241)
If it was employment, would you hold them to the same standard? They too are businesses after all; by your logic, they get to pay you more or less depending on factors like gender, age, etc.

You're applying this corporate-libertarian ideal to this situation but only a small change to your statement undermines it.

Re:Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service by theredlion on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @08:55AM (#24131565)
How do you feel about universities being more strict towards particular ethnicities?
Re:Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service by Fjolsvith on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @11:25AM (#24132977)
So basically, if they get woke, they go broke.
Re:Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service by dillonmckay on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @06:46AM (#24130551)
So, it is not okay to discriminate by age at a public square?

But, why would Tinder control a public square?

Re:Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service by Udik on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @07:17AM (#24130805)
So are you fine with a service that charges black people more? Or a private company that decides not to hire gays? They're both not public squares or services, right?
Re:Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service by theredlion on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @08:56AM (#24131572)
Not op, but I'll counter with the question: how do you feel about public universities discriminating based on race and sex, which they do
Re:Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service by Jestar342 on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @11:26AM (#24132992)
No op either, but negatively, too. Why on earth would think that that make it all ok?
Re:Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service by theredlion on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @03:43PM (#24135977)
Because publicly funded universities hold different ethnicities to different standards which favor particular underrepresented groups simply due to their group identity rather than to a consistent, objective standards.

I asked because the response to that question helps me understand w the point of view one is coming from

Re:Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service by oliwarner on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @07:29PM (#24138302)
They're not suggesting that another injustice might not exist in higher education, more that it has nothing to do with the hypothetical of a dating app charging more based on race.

Just because there's publicly funded precedent, doesn't mean it's not something that should be tackled and fixed.