— Consumers, and the organisations that protect their rights, have little agency. Consumers are offered minimal transparency at the point of purchase on the use of personalized pricing, with unclear references to “promotional rates” and “offers and discounts tailored to your profile” buried deep within Tinder’s terms of use. What is clear: Tinder’s price-setting mechanism is drawing on age and other unknown factors, possibly including data points beyond those provided upon registration.

New research: Tinder’s opaque, unfair pricing algorithm can charge users up to five-times more for same service. Mozilla Foundation. https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/new-research-tinders-opaque-unfair-pricing-algorithm-can-charge-users-up-to-five-times-more-for-same-service/