Online dating industry in crisis as shares fall and nearly half of all users report negative experiences on the apps

  • JustinA
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    3 months ago

    Can we fix dating already and stop trying to make it a business?

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      3 months ago

      The issue is that services cost money inherently. No matter what app, the user base has to have the infrastructure behind it to support all the users.

      Guys, maybe you don’t know this but Twitter and tinder DONT FUCKING RUN ON YOUR PHONE! THEY ALL RUN SERVER SIDE.

      So there is some kind of cluster, probably aws or azure or Google web services on the back end.

      So who is paying for it to run if customers aren’t? Ads? Jesus? Someone has to pay for that service run. Not to mention the people salaries to support and maintain that system.

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          3 months ago

          The fediverse also costs someone money to run. If you want to set up a fediverse dating app and have everyone’s likes and kinks mirrored to dozens of servers run by people with almost no obligation to keep it private, good luck

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      3 months ago

      No, you must pay to find your soulmate. If you’re too poor to pay, you’re too poor to date. /s

      • m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        3 months ago

        Why don’t you work on your side-gig instead. That we will also find a way to take a massive cut of.

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        3 months ago

        Ah yes, all those great socialist dating apps are crushing it on the open market … Like … And …