[bmitc]

> Dating apps which are highly ineffective at actually generating relationships for most people (particularly for straight males).

I didn’t really find that’s the case. I think that’s the perception, but it wasn’t that hard to meet nice, educated people looking for actual relationships on the various dating apps I once used. The failure rate has got to be much less than the failure rate out of all the potential partners one meets naturally.

If anything, dating apps are equalizers. They don’t require you to break into a clique in any activity where you might try to naturally meet people.

[thirdlamp]

The incentive for dating apps is towards one night stands. If a relationship is formed on their platform they lose 2 customers and their revenue.

[bmitc]

That's not at all true for all dating apps and their users. I used apps nearly exclusively geared towards and users who were looking for standard dates and relationships with long term horizons. The model for these apps is to get new or returning users under subscription. Apps and/or users targeting the short term are easily avoided.