Re:Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service
by theredlion on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @08:57AM
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Gay men can choose not to pay if they are unhappy with the price
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Re:Older men charged more for using Tinder's premium service
by gambiting on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @09:08AM
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Well yes, but at least in some places companies introducing different prices based on things like gender or race are not legal. Recently in the UK there was a case where a pub had a promotion where men paid more for drinks on the International Womens day, and someone took them to court over it and won - the court agreed that such pricing based in gender is not legal in the UK. On the other hand, clubs do this all the time without a fuss, but I suspect it's because no one challenged them legally on it yet.
In general I'm not a fan of the "gay people can just chose not to pay" argument - it sounds too similar to the one where some companies argued they should be allowed to deny gay people service, since they can simply go somewhere else.