geoiplookup.net VS ipdata.co

I'm posting this actually as this mystery unfolds. I use the Grindr app in the New England area. Today I received a message from a blank profile that was about 12 miles away from my location. The username was "20 looking" and the profile had no images or information. The message that I received simply said, "107.119.65.59". I immediately recognized this as an IP address and felt chills go down my spine because my... Source: about 2 years ago

What does something like http://geoiplookup.net say? Source: almost 3 years ago

- The IP should not be flagged as risky by ipdata.co. Source: 6 months ago

Now we have to pick a provider to use. I will use ipdata. Create an account on ipdata.co to get your API key. - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago

Those IPs are likely flagged as "datacenter". And they may not be squeaky clean either. Check https://ipdata.co/ and https://scamalytics.com/ . Source: about 2 years ago

While investigating I discovered that the popular site https://www.whatismyip.com was regularly disseminating incorrect ASN data for starlink ip's. Every other site I can across had the correct data published, which led me to question just where the former site was obtaining their data. I emailed them, as well as alerting Starlink and both got back to me stating they were in contact with each other, and on it. I... Source: about 2 years ago

How do these people who provide commercial WHOIS APIs (for instance ipdata.co) get their data in the first place, and can I access it? Source: over 2 years ago