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by oaktowner 1022 days ago
I did find the table comparing its permissions to others in the space...enlightening.

My kid bought something from Temu recently and it was ridiculously low-priced. I told him the quality must be terrible...and I was wrong. I was kind of shocked and wondered what the "catch" was.

Of course, I hadn't installed the app but wow, now I have the heebie-jeebies just thinking about it.

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It's likely cheap because it's made with forced labor: https://apnews.com/article/temu-shein-forced-labor-china-de7...
Temu doesn't make stuff, they sell stuff. They sell the exact same stuff you can get on aliexpress, Amazon, and WalMart.

If there's forced labor it's not specific to them, it's specific to China.

Ugh.
You could send a postcard here with your thanks for the great deal:

    General Office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
    West Building
    Zhongnanhai
    Beijing
    People's Republic of China