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/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/SuperBuffCherry Sep 11 '26

Tinder and bumble are owned corporate parent entity

That is actually incorrect. Bumble is the only major one that isn't owned by Match (who own Tinder, Hinge and all the other big ones)

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u/bobandgeorge Sep 11 '26

Bumble is the only major one that isn't owned by Match

That is actually incorrect. Ashley Madison is not owned by Match.

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u/cssc201 Sep 11 '26

Iirc, there were almost no women on AM at its peak and the men were all gross cheaters like Josh Duggar that most women wouldn't really want. I'm shocked it's still around.

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u/melissaphobia Sep 12 '26

… am I missing something? Of course the men on Ashely Madison are cheaters. It’s a website for married people to have affairs. Frankly, I’d be deeply wigged out by people on the website who weren’t cheaters.

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u/AccomplishedWish3033 Sep 13 '26

Well it was mainly for married men on the DL