Tinder to pay $ 23 million to discriminate against users aged 30 or older

The dating platform Tinder will pay a total of $ 23 million to some 230,000 people who filed a clbad action against the company in the United States por discriminate with a higher price for users of a minimum of 30 years, according to an extrajudicial agreement made public this Friday.

The suit, filed last April in a California court, accused Tinder of "discriminate" users over 29 by charging twice by subscribing to Tinder Plus or Tinder Gold payment services, which offer additional benefits over the free service.

The company, based in West Hollywood, California, has justified this price difference by ensuring that teens and under-20s have less buying power and need lower prices to use the service, but the applicants considered that it was an age discrimination exercise.

With the agreement, Each of the 230,000 applicants will automatically receive 50 Super love (a payment option indicating a great interest in knowing a specific person on the platform), which would be equivalent to a disbursement of $ 50.

In addition, applicants who specifically request it may opt for 25 dollars in cash, the same value in Super love or a one month subscription to Tinder Plus or Tinder Gold.

The company has also committed to stop charging different users different rates based on age, but only in the California constituency.

The parties estimated at $ 5.75 million the cost of the absence of different prices in California, which adds to the $ 17.25 million to pay for the offsets described above. a total cost for Tinder of about 23 million dollars

Super like is a Tinder function that a user uses whenever he wants indicates that a person with a profile in the application likes it a lot.

According to the makers of this application, the super like presenThere are countless benefits for those who use it, He showed that the possibility of establishing a triple relationship when the function is used. In addition, conversations last 70% longer.

For the benefits that they present, they are not infinite. Users of the free version have one per day, while Premium users have five per day.

Now, the 230,000 people who have brought the clbad action lawsuit will each receive 50 super jousts.