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/Ragegasm Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26

Tends to happen when your whole strategy is loot boxing loneliness through a swiping algorithm. I refused to play anymore after that realization. OkCupid circa 2013 was how online dating should have worked.

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u/roland0fgilead Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26

The (previous) CEO of Match is a former executive from Zynga. It's being gamified in a very literal sense.

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u/00eg0 Sep 11 '26

Most don't know this but all of the apps are owned by one company.

  • Archer
  • Asian People Meet
  • Babyboomer People Meet
  • BB People Meet
  • Black Christian People Meet
  • Black People Meet
  • Black Professional People Meet
  • BLK
  • Catholic People Meet
  • Chinese People Meet
  • Chispa
  • Delightful
  • Democratic People Meet
  • Divorced People Meet
  • Genxpeoplemeet
  • Her)
  • Hinge)
  • Indiamatch
  • Interracial People Meet
  • Italian People Meet
  • J People Meet
  • Latino People Meet
  • Ldsplanet
  • Little People Meet
  • Loveandseek
  • Marriage Minded People Meet
  • Match.com
  • Match Japan
  • OkCupid
  • Ourtime
  • Pairs
  • People Meet
  • Pet People Meet
  • Plenty of Fish
  • Republican People Meet
  • Salams
  • Seniorblack People Meet
  • Single People Meet
  • Sniffies (minority stake)\64])\65])
  • Stir
  • The League)
  • Tinder)
  • Upward
  • Yuzu

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u/Eurynom0s Sep 11 '26

Didn't start that way, Match Group takes an aggressive buy and extinguish approach against its competition.

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u/00eg0 Sep 11 '26

If more knew that it's been like this since a few years before covid then more people would understand how the game is rigged.