It seems to be a manual setting right now
We also share data with service providers who help us operate.
At the time of writing, our service providers include Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, and OpenAI.
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@artyom@piefed.social can you list a source?
It's in their privacy policy https://duolicious.app/privacy/ under "How We Share Data". The first two make a bit of sense (assuming they don't host their own servers, they're likely running in Google's and Amazon's datacentres), but wtf is OpenAI doing there!?
I think they’re the only open-source dating app on iOS and they’re funded by donations.
They’re more private compared to Tinder.
Yes, it seems like all of their source code, including the apps, is open source under a good license. Open source is not necessarily related to privacy though. Being more privacy-respecting than Tinder is a very low bar.
Personally, I'd recommend steering clear of this until they stop using Big Tech. Dating apps can involve a lot of private data being exchanged so ideally this would be at least end-to-end encrypted (it's not encrypting data at rest) and available on F-Droid. Sending data to OpenAI is completely unnecessary, but the e2e encryption and app build transparency would be good enough if they can't leave Google and Amazon for server hosting. It also doesn't help that the app is just a joke (or so it seems).
Avoloa may be a better option though it’s only on Android:
https://alternativeto.net/software/alovoa/about/
Don’t stick with Tinder because Duolicious isn’t perfect. It’s like dismissing celery from your diet because it doesn’t have all the nutrients you need.
If one has to online date in order to get a partner the best shot is using the app that that has equal access to features and is open-source.
Go for in-person dating if you want to do that instead.
Alovoa works in web browsers too so it technically supports any device with one, including iOS. But yeah I get it; no dedicated iOS app. It does have an F-Droid version and I actually did use it a while ago, before I completely abandoned OLD altogether. Alovoa is unfortunately also not e2e encrypted (afaik, I haven't looked into it recently) and there's not a lot of active users on it either.
Personally I'm perfectly fine not dating and I realized a few years ago that I'd prefer to be single for the rest of my life over using "hot or not" dating apps. Duolicious seems to not be one, which gives me hope that that style will make a comeback and I can stop doing my in-person/online hybrid approach using Meetup to meet cool people irl (no intent for dating; Meetup is not and should not be used as a dating app).
Maybe I should write my own dating app... (instead of finishing all of my other coding projects lol)
Source is the project's privacy policy on their website.
I don't understand why you're sending me this.
I’m providing more background for everyone to see.