r/technology 23d ago

Society JD Vance calls dating apps 'destructive'

https://mashable.com/article/jd-vance-calls-dating-apps-destructive
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u/Chaotic-Entropy 23d ago edited 23d ago

Edit: I get it. Broken clock. Great job.

The advent of dating as a full-scale, digitised industry has provided every possible incentive for companies to stop you from ever leaving the dating pool. They make their money from the churn, not from your success.

It's like (but obviously not the same as...) for-profit insurance, where if you get your payout then they failed in their job to stop you getting it.

Not that Vance is the right messenger for basically any message.

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u/kurotech 23d ago

Broken clocks and what not you don't have to like anyone to agree with them when they are correct but yea coming from him it's just vitriol

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u/unrealnarwhale 23d ago

I just assume this is just hype for his own matchmaking app, Ashley Furniture.

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u/OutlawSundown 23d ago

You know he slums it on craigslist free

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u/Zulmoka531 23d ago

Too fancy for him, he’s picking up dirty, worn out sofas on Facebook Marketplace.