r/technology • u/thinkB4WeSpeak • Sep 11 '26

Society Dating Apps Are Dying

https://time.com/article/2026/09/09/dating-apps-are-dying/
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u/fancy_crisis Sep 11 '26

It's met the same date as everything else in this hyper capitalist hellhole: it got enshittified by pay to access in a desperate attempt to extract as much value as possible in as short a time as possible to the point it became unbearable for anyone to want to use it.

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u/KnightofAmethyst2 Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26

For real, I realized I get a few matches when I buy the subscription. Then it's a ghost town after a few days and I'm feeling uggg again. Then my subscription expires and guess what? I get another couple likes(that I'm unable to see) that come in to try and bait me back into paying for it! If you're male and not hot af, delete this shit!! We're how these ceo's are making bank off these apps. It's rather cruel when you really think about it...

Edit: why the downvotes? Just speaking from experience. The algorithm is predatory

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u/gerusz Sep 11 '26

You should leave that typo in your first sentence the way it is, it's funnier that way.

Otherwise, yup, I agree. They managed to enshittify themselves into uselessness.