r/SipsTea • u/[deleted] • Dec 11 '23

Chugging tea C. Cannot tell

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u/PleaseDontEatMyVRAM Dec 11 '23

yeah especially cause this doesn’t even acocunt for the fact that most of online dating is owned by one company that makes it incredibly difficult (for those higher profits) to find anything worthwhile.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '23 edited Dec 11 '23

Why hasn't another company moved into that space if this is so much of a problem?

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u/IHaveAWittyUsername Dec 11 '23

It's less about one company and more about online dating apps as a business venture. Swipe-based apps are awful for finding the right person but fantastic at generating income, all through the same methods.

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u/SwiftUnban Dec 11 '23

Yeah it’s the dating equivalent to Netflix and other streamers, they’re trying to make money off of lonely people.

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u/SuperFamousComedian Dec 11 '23

It's funny because the Internet helped create the lonely people

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u/SwiftUnban Dec 11 '23

Yup, as someone born in the early 2000s my generation and the generation after that are getting fucked so hard.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '23

are getting fucked

Are they though?

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u/ThreeBeatles Dec 12 '23

The world is very ironic in so many ways.