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Gay dating app Scruff buys Jack’d, promises better security for users

Blog post1 min readUpdated Feb 22, 2025View source ↗
Parent company of gay dating app Scruff, Perry Street Software, has bought its LGBTQ rival Jack’d, while acknowledging the company’s missteps in the past. The move to acquire 5 million Jack’d users – 50 percent of which are based in Asia, according to LGBTQ nation – has given Perry Street Software a foothold into the Asian market – which is something that main competitor, US-based Grindr (now owned by Beijing-based Kulun Tech), has been unable to achieve. The company says there are no plans to combine the two apps, which claim a total of 20 million gay, bisexual, trans and […]
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