[roenxi]

1. It isn't obvious to me that dating for older people is to be treated as the same service as dating for younger people. There are profound differences. Dating as a 20 year old female is a completely different situation to dating as a 40 year old of either gender.

2. Even if it is the same service, what is the problem with Tinder charging some people an extra $20? This isn't an essential service in any way.

3. foundation.mozilla.org ? Why is the Mozilla foundation of all groups investing time into this sort of advocacy?

[mattnewton]

> Even if it is the same service, what is the problem with Tinder charging some people an extra $20? This isn't an essential service in any way.

I am not a lawyer, but I do know age is a protected class in the US. It could be seen as age based discrimination. My understanding is that protected classes are the same criteria we use to, for example make it illegal to have a separate price for different races.

Edit: as the article mentions, they have already been hit with a lawsuit about this issue on these grounds before https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/tinders-24-million...

Though sex is also a protected class and plenty of establishments have preferential rates for ladies nights, so I am not sure how black and white the law really is here; that particular issue has a pretty back-and-forth history as far as I can tell, and maybe this would similarly have some kind of carve out? Definitely seems like a very large legal risk. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladies%27_night#:~:text=Ladi....

[maybeiambatman]

Most country clubs in the US will have different initiation fees and monthly dues based on age. How do they get away with it?

[gnopgnip]

The civil rights act, the ADA only apply to "public accommodations". Many country clubs are not open to the public, they won't provide services to non members and aren't covered by the laws that make discrimination based on age or other classes unlawful.

[judge2020]

Same with how nearly every theatre in the country charges less for children and elderly patrons.

[thaumasiotes]

That one's easy; "age" is not a protected class. The protected class is "people over 40". Discriminating against young and youngish adults is fine.

You might try making an argument that theaters have to give you senior pricing as soon as you turn 40; I don't know what's going on there.

[thaumasiotes]

Returning to the thought, one obvious argument for the theater would be that, since they're giving preferential pricing to other people who are also over 40, they are not discriminating against you based on your membership in the protected class. But that would still seem to leave them open to a claim that you should be given the child's pricing as soon as you turn 40.

[tmp_anon_22]

Tinder doesn't sell dating. I'm not sure exactly what their product is, but its more to do with self-worth, impulse control and sexual gratification - even if some of their matches do produce relationships.

The predatory monetization scheme makes more sense in that context.

[toomuchtodo]

Tinder sells access to women. It’s the online version of “ladies night”, where women get into the bar for free while men do not.

[wudu]

What do you mean? Women have to pay for premium Tinder features.

[mikevm]

They don't need to, for most women liking someone would probably result in a match.