Why the Temu app craze is downright crazy: Online retailer pulls data for Chinese communistsBy Steven W. Mosher
August 5, 2023
The ads pop up on social media platforms when you least expect them.
And they offer what appear to be incredible bargains.
Like “gold” necklaces for one dollar, or five pairs of socks for $1.69.
The offers come from an online company called TEMU, which for the last 10 months has poured money into an advertising campaign that has blazed across social media.
Tens of thousands of ads on Facebook and other social media platforms do not come cheap.
Lured in by offers of free stuff and cheap goods, 50 million Americans have downloaded the app on Google Play.
And it’s currently the number one free app on Apple’s App Store too.
But I am not buying and here’s why.
I value my online privacy.
I don’t download Chinese apps because they steal your personal data.
In fact, TEMU’s parent company, Pinduoduo (now known as PDD) was found to have installed malware on unsuspecting customers that ransacked their phones and computers for data.
They also embedded coding that made it nearly impossible to uninstall the app; unsurprisingly, it was taken down from Google Play.
Pinduoduo, when caught, supposedly deleted that malware.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/05/why-the-chinese-shopping-app-is-a-scam/
