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Crazy video of what users of the Temu app have to endure (social.panic.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Cricket@lemmy.zip to c/crazyfuckingvideos@lemmy.world
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Video by Cabel Sasser (@cabel@panic.com)

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 51 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

One of my wife's siblings was pressuring her whole family to sign up to Temu so they could get some bullshit bonus from then. I strongly recommended my wife not do it, but she felt obligated. So I helped her and we used a temporary email address.

Temu knew.

It technically let her in, but it was throwing some weird errors. And it wouldn't let her connect to her sibling's account. So my wife switched her Temu account to use her regular email (something I STRONGLY discouraged, but again she felt obligated).

Holy shit, the amount of spam she's gotten. And all so her sibling could claim some bullshit discount on some random cheap shit from China that probably arrived broken.

Temu is one of many companies that destroys my faith in humanity.

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, jeez, that's a terrible story, and I can totally understand why they would destroy your faith in humanity.

[–] Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What in the dystopian sci-fi novel techno hell is going on here?

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Haha, that's similar to my initial thought, which was that we ended up with this instead of the cool 80s noir cyberpunk.

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Jesus fuck that's obnoxious.

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

1000%

I don't know how they expect people to keep using it?

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And yet, people do. I don't understand why.

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

People gotta have their cheap crap.

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

I don't understand it either.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Because it actually works on a large number of people, apparently. That FOMO, "I save money by buying discounted stuff, even if I don't actually need it", etc.

I had a friend that was ordering stuff from there all the time, falling for those "coupons", convinced she was so smart because of how cheap it was... I can admit there were a couple cool things she got, but the majority was just useless garbage. And regardless, the few cool things ended up breaking within a couple months at the most, so what was the point of that? Such a waste.

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oh, I totally get that some people go crazy for the savings and gamification aspect, but how can they handle the complete sensory bombardment trying to get you to buy stuff?

Yes, I agree that the waste is very sad.

[–] digitalhippie@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

A relentless onslaught of visual diarrhea is the best way I can describe it. This is some UI/UX gore

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

The video is edited with capcut (it's from bytedance) and it puts an unique user id identifier at the end of the video for easier law enforcement time

I'm sure it's also present in the form of invisible watermarks

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Super eww.

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

Interesting, thanks. I was not aware of and had not thought about that. I didn't create the video, but still, good to know.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This was my experience trying to use the site, I eventually gave up.

I was like, can you just piss off and let me buy something?

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

Good to know, thanks. And I thought that aliexpress was bad, but it doesn't hold a candle to this (I've only seen the website though).

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

They don't have to endure this shit, they choose to.

[–] dalekcaan@feddit.nl 10 points 2 weeks ago

Jesus, it's like they brought mobile game brainrot to online shopping. I feel like the only way they could make it worse is by sandwiching it between clips of Family Guy and someone playing Subway Surfer.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

I pity anyone that lives that live.

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

It's like they turned Big Lots into a gacha game

[–] dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago

I’m good. I got my dopamine hit just by watching this video alone.

[–] GarboDog@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ok but unironically an iconic hat though

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I ordered a bunch of shit from Temu a couple years ago or so. Before we realized how horrible it is.

Cheap shit for cheap money. I knew the quality might be shit but generally the stuff arrived in okay shape. Got a good flashlight, some kitchen stuff, and other small stuff.

I have since deleted the app, long time ago, once I understood how manipulative and predatory it is, and what the operation is like as a whole.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah I never used it. If I bought anything from China it was usually off Aliexpress because it seems less shady and more straight to the point.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Temu definitely felt more and more shady, with these types of "free spin" like discounts. And things really were impossibly cheap for what was offered.

Got some sexy bedroom outfits for the wife out of it though. 😆 Probably cancerous...

[–] tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Check out Yazio. Couple of years back, it was a great tool for T1Ds like myself to get the carbohydrate content of whatever is about to be eaten. Now it's degenerated to exactly like the OP video. Can't imagine anyone using it still enjoying the stupid gamification / 'engagement' they bolted on.

[–] KenOh@feddit.online 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is what Duolingo is starting to look like.

[–] Fizz -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok but you won't see me complaining if I hit that $300 spin

[–] Pacrat173@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t worry you will