and reminder, these places make more money if you don't find a match. they are actively disincentivized from doing their stated job.

same is true for companies like incogni. if mass data harvesting is made illegal, they're out of a job. and many of them are owned by companies that also own data brokers. the removal process is often just sending your data to a data broker and asking if they have it, which obviously just hands that data right over in the process. they will make more money from data harvesting staying legal and they know it.

And bumble and even a Japanese dating app it says lol

Break them up. Fine them for anti competitive practices. Bar their leadership from working similar roles for life. The solutions are easy.

One giant corporation, profiting off of, and intentionally worsening the loneliness epidemic by buying up all the dating apps, pushing premium features, and matching you with bots... It's shit like this that gives me trust issues with government, big business, rich people, etc...

I wonder if you will find real people, real connections if you create a profile that contradicts what you are looking for.

You want an outdoorsy, travelling, generally adventurous personality to travel the world with. If you ask for that, they're going to match you with introverted hermits.

Ask for hermit homebodies. You'll find your Ellie.

Consider the chance that they built an algorithm that matches you with failures to keep you coming back to the platform.

the best way to avoid monopoly charges, is to create multiple companies that "compete" with eachother, that you own.

Luxotica learned this a long time ago, which is why they profit on almost any pair of glasses you buy, and why no one things its a monopoly

Twenty years ago, dating apps would introduce you to people you wanted to be with. In fact, there were no apps. They were websites.

That I actually had success meeting someone that I love and care about shows a flaw in their business model rather than a successful match. They accidentally lost two customers after extrapolating a lot of money from me without being helpful for more than a decade.

It's just a big game of Monopoly except they're allowed to trick us into thinking they haven't dominated the board yet. What a joke.

It's one giant database with different filters for each website.

Other than privacy concerns, I dislike the consumption aspect. I see them swiping and it looks like they're shopping. I know some people have found meaningful relationships on Tinder, but I can't get over it.

I wonder if so many using it almost as the default way of dating makes it harder to find someone for those who want to avoid it.

They must be so happy having facilitated introducing so many people to their true love.

Federated dating app when?

Probably with shared fake profiles, too.

Haha exititis meets romance. Plus let's not forget that now the dating sites are flooded with Bowkys and scammers.