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  • Ethics
  • Law

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  • Dating apps like Tinder, Bumble, and Badoo are primary platforms for seeking relationships and intimacy.
  • Many dating apps offer paid features to enhance user visibility for a limited time.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the ethical and legal implications of selling visibility boosts on dating apps.
  • To argue for the regulation or prohibition of these paid features.

Main Methods:

  • Ethical analysis of paid visibility boosts.
  • Examination of legal frameworks concerning unconscionable contracts.
  • Argumentation based on user autonomy and socio-economic justice.

Main Results:

  • Paid visibility boosts on dating apps raise significant moral concerns.
  • These features may exploit users with impaired autonomy.
  • The sale of visibility boosts can exacerbate socio-economic inequalities.

Conclusions:

  • There are compelling moral and legal reasons to regulate or ban the sale of dating app visibility boosts.
  • Such features risk undermining fair access to social and romantic opportunities.
  • Policy interventions are needed to address the ethical and societal impacts of these monetization strategies.