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Luxy: what a bad dating app teaches people
Luxy is a dating app that has recently become the target of controversy and uproar with the rollout of a new feature called “Vouch”. If you’re familiar with Luxy, you might now what I’m talking about. Luxy is the Tinder for superficial people who only care about two things: money and looks. Now we’re not sure if the creators of the Luxy app were being ironic or trying to prove a point, but the whole philosophy behind this dating app is rotten at its core. This is going to be an opinion piece and I invite our readers to voice their opinions about the Luxy app and its new Vouch feature.
First let me tell you why the Vouch feature in the Luxy dating app angers me: if you’re not rich and if you’re not hot, you’re not fit for the Luxy community. That level of discrimination is usually frowned upon in many circles, yet Luxy chooses to pride itself with the Vouch feature, for whatever reason. The official name of the Luxy dating ap is the Millionaire dating app, for the successful and attractive people in the world. I get that there’s a market for this and I certainly understand that there are millions of superficial people who in my opinions, don’t get the way in which our world works. But that doesn’t mean we should promote such behavior.
Now let’s see what this app is all about. It’s got about 10 thousand downloads, which means it’s not a very popular dating app, to be fair. But it is the most superficial one I’ve come across. Once you install Luxy, you’re prompted to log in with Facebook, because rich, beautiful people don’t have time to fill out a worthwhile profile that says something about themselves. All that matters is your profile pic and the income you get per year, of course. After logging in with Facebook, you’re prompted to customize your profile. No, you don’t have to write a short bio or introduction, like with most dating apps. Nope, you have to select your income, your luxury brands, tags and your name.
In a dating app, you usually fill out the blanks with information you think that would be relevant for the would-be soul mate or partner you might be looking for. That’s not the case with Luxy. Nope, you get to select your income and the lowest one you can select is 200k per year, or non-disclosure. When it comes to the brands, you get about 30 of those and you can select 5 of them. So, I’m exorbitantly rich and love Bentley, Jaguar, Hermes, Dior, Cadillac, Chanel, Gucci and a ton of other brands, I’m not entitled to share that, I have to share five of them, because why make those with lesser salaries uncomfortable with my preferences?
Then we move on to choosing tags! You can’t put in your own tags, you’re going to have to select from a bunch of them: model, billionaire, actress, golf, doctor, lawyer, entrepreneur, handsome, sexy, fitness, dancer, director, Jewish!, Asian!, gourmet dining and more of the sorts. First off, the amount of stereotypes! I mean, really, Luxy, is it necessary to propagate that Asians and Jewish people are rich because of their ethnicity, provenance, religion or anything like that? Is it really? I don’t know how this app hasn’t been reported yet, honestly. Now for those of you who think that I’m ranting about this dating app because I’m ugly and poor: it doesn’t matter. The fact that Luxy as a dating app is promoting passing judgement based on two very superficial factors like income and looks is an offense to society. If I were the sexiest person alive with the highest salary, I wouldn’t parade that on a dating app, because that’s not why I want somebody to choose me as their date. It’s demeaning to rich people, it’s demeaning to poor people, and it’s just as demeaning to good-looking people (by what standards, though?) as it is ugly people (by whose standards?).
Luxy as a dating app is promoting standards that are non-existent. I made a profile on Luxy, and I’m currently waiting on people to pass judgement on my looks and the minimum income I selected. I’ll update this rant with my results tomorrow. I’m under 50 % right now, which is funny, after only 5 minutes on the dating app. What do you think about Luxy and the values it promotes in the world of romance? Do you think promoting these stereotypes is ok or do you think it’s okay when it’s just for fun? Sound off in the comments below. You can get Luxy, the worst dating app I’ve seen, from the Google Play Store, for free. You’d think being a dating app for millionaires, it would cost at least a tenner.
Google has recently used CES as a platform to present its philosophy of “Better Together,” the notion that all devices should get along with one another. Typically, this entails making announcements regarding new Cast compatibility and features like Fast Pair. The business revealed that it is collaborating with Spotify to incorporate the Connect streaming capability into the Android UI at CES 2023. Additionally, it showed a sneak peek at an audio handoff tool that would recommend various devices to shift your music to based on your preferences and location.
However, CES is a significant vehicle event, and Google also sells items for cars. Additionally, it said today that the Polestar 3 would receive its higher-resolution maps, and it debuted the most recent Android Auto user interface for the first time since it was revealed at I/O 2022.
Two vehicles, a Volvo EX90 with Google preinstalled and a BMW i7 with the new Android Auto experience, were at the Google stand in the trailer lot of the Las Vegas Convention Center. We had never seen the Volvo before, and we’ll be posting a separate hands-on on that experience shortly. The new Android Auto is the main topic of this article and video.
The redesigned interface will support larger screen sizes and have a split screen layout, as we discovered at I/O. Google has eliminated the status bar and inserted a row of shortcut keys below it, along with some indication icons in a small area to the top left. When we were in the car, the Spotify app was located on the left panel, and we could access a list of suggested playlists by swiping in from the right side.
Alerts that you won’t have time to respond to while driving are likewise stored in this left pane. For instance, you can swipe right on a notification to move it to the dock, where it will wait until you’re ready to deal with it.
Check out the video up top for more of our experience with the updated Android Auto in the BMW i7! And be sure to pay attention this week as there will be a ton of news at CES 2023.
Additionally, stand-alone groups will now have access to 32-person video chats.
One of the new features that WhatsApp is introducing is one that aims to group together related group chats. The Communities feature, which was introduced earlier this year by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, aims to let users consolidate group chats “under one umbrella with a structure that works for them.” For Facebook and Instagram, comparable technologies are under development.
In the upcoming months, communities will be accessible to all WhatsApp users. To discuss topics that are important to you, you can create smaller group chats inside a community and easily switch between them. WhatsApp will provide administrators with “strong new capabilities” to govern communities, including the capacity to select which groups to include and the option to broadcast announcements to all users.
WhatsApp suggests that communities may be created through local areas, workplaces, and parents with children attending the same school. To begin, select the Communities tab from the menu at the top of the Android app or the bottom of the iOS screen. You will have the option of building a community from scratch or expanding an existing one.
The Communities feature has some similarities to Facebook Groups (as well as Nextdoor and Discord), but it is protected by end-to-end encryption. Making group chats more like Facebook Groups, where false information has thrived in recent years, may have some drawbacks, even though Zuckerberg has been eying a community-driven model to lessen the reliance on feeds across Meta’s applications. Due to the platform’s focus on encryption, WhatsApp generally has fewer moderation capabilities, which may make it harder to keep a lid on fabrications.
In other places, WhatsApp is giving groups—including those that aren’t connected to a community—new functionality. Group polls are also being added, along with support for the 32-person encrypted video conversations that Meta has been beta-testing over the past few weeks. Furthermore, groups now support a maximum of 1,024 people.
Numerous apps are available for music, which has the power to uplift individuals. The top Android music player apps are listed here!
Nowadays, private music collections are uncommon due to music streaming. A personal music collection is still beneficial to many people, though. Higher-quality music is available; it is offline-compatible and doesn’t require a subscription. Thankfully, there are several options available for grooving out to your favorite music. Here are our top choices for Android music player apps.
The best music player apps for Android
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