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It's funny, I got into my current relationship around the time the apps started coming out so I've never really used them, but I remember people were praising it as a lot safer for everyone involved.
And tbh I can see that being the case compared to the older school approach of nightclubs being majority populated with people actively trying to find someone to sleep with
I feel like dating apps are a lot more predatory than they were when they were first introduced. I mean predatory towards the users. Enshittified, if you will.
How? You get pictures and words from people you might like to date, same as it ever was. You can pay for bells and whistles, if you're an idiot.
The companies that operate them are incentivized to keep people lonely to increase your usage for a chance you spend a little money eventually out of frustration or desperation.
Bots, catfishing, paid actors... When I attended university a while back, dating sites and their proxies unabashedly published printed ads on the blackboard for "chatting up people online." A good opportunity for students to make some money on the side as you can chose your hours quite freely. You'd never get to meet the people you chat with, of course, as that was never the intention.
The apps were good. But their very nature meant that a successful pairing would result in loss customers. Capitalism no likey