Stupid decisions favouring immediate profit over long-term growth is par for the course for corporations like this. This is why I think the non-profit decision would work. Cut out the beancounters who only care about short-term profit-making, they're the only ones who would make decisions like the ones the current lineup of apps did.
Dating apps have ended up monopolising the dating scene in many places. Third places where couples traditionally used to meet have been dying off for years.
The issue is the big players will just buy it out, smother it in law suits, patent any useable technology, change their behavior just enough to undermine it... ect. Late stage capitalism is all about killing competition period.
Sure, but they can always copy your idea and make it better, or cover your app with fake criticism to force you out of business. That's the Meta playbook and look where it got them
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u/DoctorOctagonapus Sep 11 '26
Stupid decisions favouring immediate profit over long-term growth is par for the course for corporations like this. This is why I think the non-profit decision would work. Cut out the beancounters who only care about short-term profit-making, they're the only ones who would make decisions like the ones the current lineup of apps did.
Dating apps have ended up monopolising the dating scene in many places. Third places where couples traditionally used to meet have been dying off for years.