Why is Temu controversial?
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It's a Chinese-owned digital marketplace that's taken the internet by storm. According to TechReport, Temu reached over 200 million downloads, making it the world's most downloaded mobile marketplace app.
Temu is based in Boston by PDD Holdings Inc. PDD is headquartered in Shanghai. PDD also owns the e-commerce platform Pinduoduo headquartered in – you guessed it – China
@ecksmc
They advertised a lot on the Superbowl, too, not sure if you know that. Probably you do.
@janallmac actually didn't
We don't get sane ads in UK as US during Super bowl unless it's streaming direct from a US source
@ecksmc Oh... well did you get the Jesus ads? 🤔 Or were all your ads different? I wasn't sure what to make of those. People are all mad because, you know, $10,000,000 on vanity ads vs. actually feeding the hungry is a smoosh hypocritical, but they were also very anti-hate, and aimed squarely at an, erm, less-than-accepting audience, which I personally appreciated. There were three whole "Don't Hate People" ads, two from Jesus and one from End Jewish Hate.
I liked that. Hope it works.