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/stormblaz Sep 11 '26

They started locking good candidates behind paywall, ads every 3 swipes that open up a intrusive link, and on top allow bots to post onlyfan profiles looking to endorse their content behind a dating profile.

Yea ofc its gone, every other dating app promising to be different all ended up exactly like it.

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u/AntifaSuperSoldier13 Sep 11 '26

Because they are all owned by the same company. What’s their name again?

Tinder and bumble are owned corporate parent entity among a few others. They literally cornered the entire dating app market. Over 80%.

Should be illegal and it’s super fucked up. They have made our loneliness crisis so much worse while extracting what little money our generation has to spend after rent and food if you don’t wanna beat off and be alone forever

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u/DrQuestDFA Sep 11 '26

During the Golden Age of Cracked they ran a limited series set in the offices of a dating app. They had rivalries with other dating apps (and the colorful characters that ran them) but discover a few episodes in that actually they all worked for the same overarching company. It was a fun little series but didn’t last more than a dozen episodes or so if I recall.