After Northern Trains announced that dating apps are blocked on their WiFi, we ask the public their thoughts on this and on dating apps in general.
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00:00I think some of the stuff that you get on your telephone these days, it shouldn't be in public.
00:06Especially dating apps, probably.
00:08It's a good idea for people to meet and, like, for example, someone has a busy day,
00:13they don't have the time to go outside and communicate and find people in social life, like, in person,
00:19and dating apps anywhere, I think, must be OK to use.
00:25Yeah, we keep it private. I think I would keep that kind of thing to being in the house
00:29rather than being in public, so I would agree with that. Yeah.
00:33Especially if it's not monitored.
00:35I think it's very limiting to people because I'd like to have this option and it's...
00:40I think it's irrelevant to them what we do with the dating apps or how we choose to do
00:45and how we choose to share our data or personal information,
00:49so I think that doesn't make sense to me at all.
00:52I think they're awful. I do. I think they're awful.
00:54I mean, I'm old, you know, but we used to meet people and talk to them and not do it on the phone.
01:01I think it's better if you, like, have your location on the whole time
01:05and then you can just go or have a... or say to a friend,
01:08you know, I'm going to that certain place to meet someone from an online dating app,
01:12just on the back of your head, have a night for me.
01:15My youngest daughter, who still is in Germany, she tried one once
01:19and the amount of rubbish she got, it was absolutely unbelievable.
01:23I mean, 99%, it was the famous pics.
01:27I met my husband through a dating app, it's called Bumble.
01:30Yeah, and it was quite good for us.
01:33Yeah, we had a good match and it was a very nice approach to have filters
01:41through everything that you want in a relationship and what you're expecting from it,
01:45if it's serious, if it's just dating, if it's just having a friend or company.
01:50And then, yeah, I think it was a good chance for me also.
01:53I'll be married 32 years, so there's no need.
01:56But if I was, I'm sure I'd get into lots of trouble.