“Daddy’s vacation” .. Google bans “paid dating” applications from the Android store

In some English dialects, the term Sugar Daddy is used to refer to a relationship between two people, one of whom is an older man, in which he usually provides financial care or ongoing services to a young woman, in return for her continuation in the relationship.

This type of relationship is especially common among wealthy old people, as there are sites and apps dedicated to finding those who want such a connection of both sexes.

It seems the topic has spread to the point of catching the attention of Google, the internet search giant and developer of the Android system for mobile phones.

Google announced on Wednesday that it would ban this type of application, as well as other similar applications, from next September.

Google defines “Sugar Dating” as “money-for-money or sex-related agreements in which one party is supposed to provide money, gifts, economic support, sponsorship, or other services” .

Google’s ad, released Wednesday, lists “Sugar Dating” under the “paid sex service” category.

The company has a policy against sites that promote paid sex services, such as “prostitution, escort services, intimate massage services, sites that facilitate” cuddles, “but many experts say that there are sites that can escape Google censorship.

With this, internet and software expert Hassan Shammaa claims “it’s very easy to control apps,” assuring Al-Hurra’s website that Google’s obstacles “will greatly harm commerce itself. if he is not able to prevent it completely “.

The word “Sugar”, which means “sugar” in Arabic, found in the phrase mentioned by Google, contains a clear reference to material benefits obtained by the youngest in exchange for allowing a relationship.

The Android Police website, a group of programmers important to Google’s operating system, states that “apps that fall under the classification of (sugar dating) have over a million downloads from the Play Store of Google, and some of them have extremely high ratings. “Unbelievable”.

The site says Android allows you to download apps from other places, not like the iPhone, which limits downloads on its store.

However, The Verge says that “some of the apps used very simple language and made no effort to hide their realities when it came to sex money.”

The site adds that “it will be difficult”, at least because of the Google ban.

And the site continues, “The world learned of the term in 2015 when a massive data breach exposed the list of dating subscribers on the Ashley Madison app, which allows married couples to date other people,” adding, “We now hear the term again.”