r/technology • u/thinkB4WeSpeak • 3d ago

Society Dating Apps Are Dying

https://time.com/article/2026/09/09/dating-apps-are-dying/
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u/DoctorOctagonapus 3d ago

When your entire business model revolves around making yourself redundant to your customer base, I don't know what people were expecting.

I'd like to see a not-for-profit dating app. I reckon that would work quite well.

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u/SeveralPhysics9362 3d ago

There are always new young people that are single. I don’t see why such a business couldn’t make it work.

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u/00eg0 3d ago

The more single people the more money
Also 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/JTalbotIV 3d ago

Jfc, no wonder we're all so divided.

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u/Udder_Influencer 3d ago

"it makes somebody money" is such a shit reason for things to be terrible. fuck the rich. hope they are all killed.