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[-] [email protected] 198 points 4 days ago

A confounding issue is the apps themselves have gotten worse over time. Like, old okcupid you could search. You could type in like "final fantasy" or "the Mets" and find people who liked those things enough to put them on their profile.

Now you're limited to whatever the app decides to give you. Well, the app doesn't want you to leave so that incentive doesn't line up.

[-] [email protected] 104 points 4 days ago

A lot of the more popular ones, okcupid included, all got bought up by Match Group and almost immediately started trending anti-consumer in their updates or removal of features. They want you paying, they don't give a shit about success.

[-] [email protected] 59 points 4 days ago

100%. Match group should be broken up.

[-] [email protected] 45 points 4 days ago

It's an especially insidious type of monopoly to me because it deals with relationships, they can manipulate millions of people, affecting the creation of their families and kids.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Surprised that the religious right haven't put them in their sites.

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