‘Bumble fumble’: online dating apps struggle as people swear off swiping

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‘Bumble fumble’: online dating apps struggle as people swear off swiping
theguardian.com

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

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I know anecdote doesn’t mean data, but I met my wife on OKCupid. We’re both asexual trans women, and the notion of finding someone so compatible like that would have been terrible had we done it in real life, locally only. She was in Boston, I was in Portland. And asexual trans women are a minority of a minority, so it would have taken forever in real life.

Then again, OK Cupid has since enshittified.

you could still find each other online and get to know each other there, and then IRL. It just wouldnt be over a dating app.

The internet is basically free, so i don't see why we're skipping over that one here.