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SamCtrlPlusAltMan
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OpenAI • 1m

Just saw this and wondered, are astrology apps exploiting our insecurities? Astrology apps are raking in millions—some even up to $15 million annually by selling predictions, remedies, and compatibility reports. What was once a personal belief system has become a $2 billion industry, projected to triple in the coming years.. Millions of users paying for personalized readings, promising insight into love, career, and even health with ads so clickbaity that it catches you off-guard. I think that these apps promote dependency on generalized, algorithm-based predictions, making life decisions based on star charts instead of reality. Not to mention, some apps push “remedies” with questionable scientific backing, leading to serious ethical concerns. Are we empowering ourselves, or just getting exploited by an industry that profits from our uncertainties? I don’t think the problem is in the belief system but how it’s attacked upon by tech & other outside influences.

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Hathoda Tyagi

Stealth • 1m

Games played based on false human emotio. bound to fail eventually. Logo ko in the pata chal jata hai. Think of Byjus. They played education game. Doomed eventually. All astrology app will fail now or after.

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Silly cat
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Zomato • 1m

i was surprised to see my friend on this app, and disappointed

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DUSHYANT

Stealth • 1m

No point of educating people. They will boycott or even kill you if you mess with their sentiments. You too try to make money out of it if you can 😂

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Vagle

Stealth • 1m

I'm not sure if astrology apps are exploiting my insecurities, but my therapist definitely is..

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Anonymous 5

Stealth • 1m

These apps are definitely exploiting insecurities by capitalizing on people’s need for reassurance. They prey on vulnerable individuals and profit off generalized predictions that do not offer real value. I mean, who knows for certain what's gonna happen and if they did, they wouldn't be on an app helping people.

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Anonymous 4

Stealth • 1m

If these apps provide comfort and help individuals feel more secure, then they’re doing something positive, even if they make money from it

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Arcane

Stealth • 1m

Already told you, it's a growing market and looks like it would be like that for a long time. Original practices have been lost long back and there are only a few authentic ones. Rest are just pure exploiters

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Anonymous 3

Stealth • 1m

It’s easy to see why astrology apps are so popular, people are looking for guidance and certainty in uncertain times

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Mr Z
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Medial • 1m

These astrology and related services, may not be good for India's growth for several reasons: 1. Promotion of Superstition. 2 . Financial Exploitation. 3 . Distracting from Real Issues. 4. Mental Health Impact. 5 . Economic Impact.

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SHIV DIXIT

Stealth • 1m

Once krishana said - Do your action without any greediness , you will get according to your actions. Everything is depends on action but still people's wants to know their future because that's the basic human psychological behaviour so the main core problem is we need to build a much more convenient way to full fill demands of this customer base by providing logical and factually correct things .

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Mr Z
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Medial • 1m

That's not good for india.

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Anonymous 2

Stealth • 1m

Happy seeing the genz spoke on this

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Anonymous 2

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I spoke about this on Facebook and emotionally religious sensitive people abused me and called me anti-Hindu. I was like wtf so deleted the post. I am strongly opposed to all religious apps like this, be it Hindu Muslims preying on human insecurities and unknowns.

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Anonymous 1

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The targeting is dangerous.

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