Temu

Raised as a usability problem by 11 people on Hacker News over 4 years (2023–2026), in 9 threads.

People raised many different problems with Temu, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 10 complaints

Coupon roulette wheels appear constantly and can't be dismissed2026-10-14
Slide-puzzle captchas often fail, then escalate to harder image challenges2025-04-15
Clicking a product sends users to a sale list where the original item can't be found2025-04-15
Spin-to-win game distracts users until they forget why they opened the app and overspend2024-10-12
Opens many tabs, making it hard to leave the site2024-07-29
Unsubscribe page wrongly claims the user's Wi-Fi is disconnected2024-07-28
Shows three popups in a row every time the app opens2023-10-09
No way to browse all items and sort by price without a wildcard search2023-10-08
"Maybe later" reappears, and only dismiss option is "Next time"2023-07-30
App uses dark patterns to push users into spending or sharing2023-03-23