Gay and lesbian dating apps Bender and Brenda disappear
One of the applications of best-known hookups in the field of smartphones has closed without prior notice We refer to Bender and its female version BrendaDating and messaging tools focused on connecting same-sex people who are meeting nearby , and that, although they continue to work on the mobiles on which they remain installed, have disappeared from the app stores of all mobile platforms on which they were available.
Thus, thanks to the advice of one of our readers, we have been able to verify that both Bender and Brenda are no longer listed on Google Play, the store for Android devices , nor in App Store for iPhone and iPad, nor in Windows Phone Store, the platform of terminals with operating system of Microsoft Something that will have surprised many since the closure or disappearance of these famous applications was not expected tomeet gays, lesbians and bisexuals near the location of the user
The disappearance of these applications from the markets does not mean, however, that they have stopped working In fact, users who still they keep them installed on their mobile devices they can still consult them to find out about other profiles that are nearby, and even exchange messagesSomething that could change soon. Of course, users who try to install Bender or Brenda for the first time, or who go looking for them will no longer find any signal in the stores that previously hosted them .
Same as apps, without notice, Steven Bender or @benderapp on Twitter , has also closed his account on this social network, making direct contact impossible to find out the reasons that have led to the withdrawal of your applications. Their website also issues an error message that prevents them from consulting any information about what happened. We have contacted him via email, although no response yet as these sentences are being written.
To date, Bender has consistently placed second to Grindr , which continues to be the most popular and widespread application in the gay fieldNow his demise will surely help win Grindr a few thousand more users around the world if Bender does not reappear. Something more serious is for the users of Brenda, the lesbian alternative, since it seems to be one of the most widespread and used applicationsfor women.
At the moment it is unknown if there is any future for these tools. And it is that, without any clue as to what happened, it is impossible to affirm that his disappearance was due to legal or economic problems or, perhaps, to astrong restructuring of its entire system.
And the fact is that the market for applications to flirt is on the rise, being an increasingly environment cool, as is already the case with messaging and all the alternatives to WhatsAppThus, Tinder has achieved inordinate success, offering service to people of of any sexual orientation In addition , in the field homosexual, there are a lot more alternatives well divided according to styles There will be What to expect to know in detail what has happened to Bender
